a gathering of persons for the purpose of selling, buying, or bartering collectibles, used items,etc.
swap meet in American English
noun
a fair or bazaar where objects, usually secondhand, are bartered or sold
Word origin
[1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bicycle kick, deinstitutionalize, disco, parvovirus, power play
Examples of 'swap meet' in a sentence
swap meet
Recruitment strategies included face-to-face efforts at a swap meet (outdoor marketplace), family/friend referrals, printed advertisements and social media.
David O. Garcia, Luis A. Valdez, Melanie L. Bell, Kyle Humphrey, Melanie Hingle, MarylynMcEwen, Steven P. Hooker 2018, 'A gender- and culturally-sensitive weight loss intervention for Hispanic males: TheANIMO randomized controlled trial pilot study protocol and recruitment methods', Contemporary Clinical Trials Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865417301801. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)