swap meet

noun

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

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Earlier in June, ICE agents raided a swap meet in Southern California that is under the same ownership. Denise Chow, NBC news, 3 July 2025 The popular swap meet held at California High School in Whittier has been closed for two weekends. Anissa Rivera, Oc Register, 16 June 2025 Half food festival, half swap meet, the events draw 100-plus vendors a week in Pomona and San Bernardino. Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025 Since then, he’s been selling used items at a local swap meet. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for swap meet

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 18 Jul. 2025.

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