1909 A. Berget Conquest of Air ii. vii. 280 The construction of garages, landing stations and shelters.

1918 N. Webster New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Addenda Garage.

1966 Daily Union (Sacramento) Family Weekly Mag. 17 July 12/2 A couple..held a garage sale on three consecutive weekends and..sold out..countless items.

1982 Chicago Sun-Times 21 Sept. 16/1 You can sell just about anything at a garage sale—including bowling trophies or a single boxing glove—if you know how.

1983 Washington Post 1 Dec. d9/1 This so-called psychedelic movement, embodying both revisionists and revivalists, touches on diverse styles: garage, folk-rock, power pop, psychedelia and mid-period Dylan.

1984 Sounds 29 Dec. 12/1 There's garage, psychedelia and some heavy reggae toasting coming out of London.

1986 Los Angeles Times 18 Jan. v. 2/5 The music being made by '60s-influenced groups at the Cavern is far more varied than might be expected, ranging from raw garage to textured psychedelic.

1987 Blues & Soul 3–16 Feb. 14/1 From New York comes this ‘garage’ instrumental, basically more useful for deejays in a ‘House’ mix rather than a great record on its own merit.

1988 Music Week 10 Dec. 14/4 Although commonly interchanged and by no means mutually exclusive, the two terms should be understood to mean separate things, ‘garage’ relating quite strictly to New York productions and ‘deep house’ to—well—deep, soulful, and often mystically tinged ‘house’.

1990 Blitz Oct. 73/1 Tackhead singer Bernard Fowler voiced what many consider to be the garage anthem, the Peech Boys' ‘Don't Make Me Wait’.

1982 N.Y. Rocker Jan. 29/4 Dirty funk groups have a true garage sound that provides, in music, lyrics and attitude, nearly all that punk once promised.

1985 Sounds 27 July 30/6 The Exotics played garage punk in the classic Texan style with over-the-top vocals and a wondrous squeaky organ sound.

1988 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. 76/3 Revivals of 1960s garage punk recently dominant in Sydney.

1990 Rolling Stone 22 Mar. 116/4 No self-respecting garage-rock collection should be without a Sonics platter.

1906 Daily Chron. 26 May 3/7 They will garage your car.., wash it, clean it, adjust it, repair it, keep it always at ‘concert pitch’.

1907 (title) Where to garage.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song vii. 55 Having garaged his car, he remembered that he had not lunched.

1972 Daily Tel. 3 Feb. 15/3 We hope it will not be too long before Mr Hayward can..garage his car.

1926 Glasgow Herald 23 Mar. 9 One or two of the great London stores which had provided garaging for the use of their customers.

1936 Evening Standard 30 May 14/1 To save himself 7s. 6d. a week garaging.

1968–9 A.A. Continental Handbk. 375/2 There are facilities for garaging, minor repairs, and refuelling.