flea market
noun
: a usually open-air market for secondhand articles and antiques
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This is particularly painful during campaign missions, which look and feel like a flea market knockoff of an average late '00s action game. 
Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022 The point here is not the fancy but the memory of how cold the flea market was that morning, the changing light of rooms, the children’s drawings, the love of home. David Netto, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 By mid-morning, the sidewalks of the cozy downtown looked like a mangled, waterlogged flea market. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2022 The event featured antique military vehicles, a flea market, military displays, food and more. Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022 In the chic kitchen of George Nunno's New York loft, the custom cabinetry is ebonized oak topped with Nero Marquina marble, the black and brass barstools are by Milo Baughman and the iron sculpture was found in a Paris flea market. Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2022 Usual suspects like the US tech giants Google, Amazon, and Facebook aside, Japanese firms like flea market app operator Mercari and online retailer Rakuten Group are also n the lookout. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 June 2022 Here are some of the top headlines: Two people are dead and three others injured after a Houston flea market shooting yesterday. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022 Thousands of people were at a flea market in northern Houston on Sunday afternoon when a gunfight broke out between two groups of people, leaving two dead and at least three others wounded, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Paul Best, Fox News, 15 May 2022 See More
Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022 The point here is not the fancy but the memory of how cold the flea market was that morning, the changing light of rooms, the children’s drawings, the love of home. David Netto, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2022 By mid-morning, the sidewalks of the cozy downtown looked like a mangled, waterlogged flea market. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2022 The event featured antique military vehicles, a flea market, military displays, food and more. Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022 In the chic kitchen of George Nunno's New York loft, the custom cabinetry is ebonized oak topped with Nero Marquina marble, the black and brass barstools are by Milo Baughman and the iron sculpture was found in a Paris flea market. Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2022 Usual suspects like the US tech giants Google, Amazon, and Facebook aside, Japanese firms like flea market app operator Mercari and online retailer Rakuten Group are also n the lookout. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 June 2022 Here are some of the top headlines: Two people are dead and three others injured after a Houston flea market shooting yesterday. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022 Thousands of people were at a flea market in northern Houston on Sunday afternoon when a gunfight broke out between two groups of people, leaving two dead and at least three others wounded, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Paul Best, Fox News, 15 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
translation of French Marché aux puces, a market in Paris
First Known Use
1891, in the meaning defined above