gimme sale
n.— «Midwesterners refer to them as yard sales, and if you are from the south you may call them porch or “gimme” sales.» —“Garage sales are Americana” by Elaine Bellucci North County Times (Escondido, California) Sept. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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