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单词 flea market
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flea market

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noun

a market, often outdoors, consisting of a number of individual stalls selling old or used articles, curios and antiques, cut-rate merchandise, etc.

Origin of flea market

First recorded in 1920–25

OTHER WORDS FROM flea market

flea-mar·ket·er, flea-mar·ket·eer, noun

Words nearby flea market

fleabite, flea-bitten, flea collar, flea-flicker, fleam, flea market, fleapit, fleawort, flecainide acetate, flèche, flèches d'amour
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Example sentences from the Web for flea market

  • It's a very cozy place, and the dining area is furnished with flea-market furniture from the '60s and '70s.

    Fresh Picks|Clotilde Dusoulier|January 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • The third was outside of San Francisco, in a gigantic ghost-mall that was already being used as a flea-market.

    Makers|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for flea market

flea market

noun

an open-air market selling cheap and often second-hand goods
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with flea market

flea market

A market, usually held outdoors, where used goods and antiques are sold. For example, We picked up half of our furniture at flea markets. The term is a direct translation of the French marché aux puces and presumably implies that some of the used clothes and furniture might be flea-infested. [1920s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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