flea market

noun

: a usually open-air market for secondhand articles and antiques

Examples of flea market in a Sentence

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Most recently, there was a double homicide in the middle of a busy Stockton flea market on a Sunday afternoon. Tori Apodaca, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026 But Casar bought most of her vast wardrobe herself, scouring flea markets, antique shops and designer boutiques on a global scale. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026 Day trips to Amalfi-style Taormina are well-advised for those who have yet to gawp at its clifftop panoramas across the Mediterranean or its film star hotels, as are jaunts to the rambling flea markets and splendidly scruffy trattorias of nearby Catania. Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026 Her source material is a pair of cassette tapes recorded by Dueñez in the ’90s, two of a series of bootlegs that the sonidero and his wife sold at the flea market along the Puente del Papa, a bridge connecting Monterrey’s prosperous city center with its mountainside slums. Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flea market

Word History

Etymology

translation of French Marché aux puces, a market in Paris

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flea market was in 1891

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“Flea market.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flea%20market. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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flea market

noun
: a usually outdoor market for secondhand articles and antiques
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