swap meet

noun

: a gathering for the sale or barter of usually secondhand objects

Examples of swap meet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Korean merchants have kept the Slauson swap meet alive for 40 years. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024 Now, many are approaching retirement, with the swap meet in decline as customers migrate to the internet. Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024 Created on four-track cassette tape, Dre’s swap meet tapes are some of the most dynamic DJ mixes of the era. John Morrison, SPIN, 13 Feb. 2024 Shawn Purdy started a hot-tub business and was working a swap meet in the fall of 2022 on the Sunday when the 49ers were playing the Miami Dolphins. Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024 The body was spotted by a person attending a nearby swap meet, authorities said. Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024 The family were driving back home from a swap meet. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024 The swap meet was massive, with rows and rows of vendors selling purses, shoes, strollers, tacos and burgers. De Los Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023 What: Motorcycle show, swap meet, vendors, seminars, fan gatherings and more, all celebrating vintage motorcycles. Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of swap meet was in 1965

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“Swap meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swap%20meet. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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