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" Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?"
Frank Carson

Meaning of "car boot sale" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CAR BOOT SALE

kɑː buːt seɪl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAR BOOT SALE

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Car boot sale is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CAR BOOT SALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Car boot sale

Car boot sales or boot fairs are a form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods. They are popular in the United Kingdom, where they are often referred to simply as 'car boots'. The term refers to the selling of items from a car's boot. Although a small proportion of sellers are professional traders selling goods, or indeed browsing for items to buy, most of the goods on sale are used personal possessions. Car boot sales are a way of attracting a large group of people in one place to recycle useful but unwanted domestic items that otherwise might have been thrown away. Car boot sales generally take place in the summer months. However, in a growing trend, indoor boot sales and all year hard-standing outdoor boot sales are now appearing in some parts of the UK. Items for sale are extremely varied, including for example antiques and collectables, as in a flea market. Car boot sales are also very popular in parts of Australia, and have a growing presence in mainland Europe.

Definition of car boot sale in the English dictionary

The definition of car boot sale in the dictionary is a sale of goods from car boots in a site hired for the occasion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAR BOOT SALE

assail · foresail · headsail · mainsail · marseille · parasail · presale · resale · sail · sale · staysail · supersale · topsail · wassail · wholesale

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAR BOOT SALE

car alarm · car allowance · car bomb · car bomber · car bombing · car boot · car chase · car coat · car crash · car crime · car dealer · car expenses · car hire · car industry · car insurance · car journey · car keys · car licence · car licence plate · car license plate

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAR BOOT SALE

at wholesale · auction sale · bill of sale · boot sale · car-boot sale · charity sale · clearance sale · clearing sale · close-out sale · closing-down sale · closing-out sale · electronic point of sale · fire sale · garage sale · house sale · jumble sale · no sale · point of sale · rummage sale · white sale · yard sale

Synonyms and antonyms of car boot sale in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «car boot sale» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAR BOOT SALE

Find out the translation of car boot sale to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of car boot sale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «car boot sale» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

汽车启动销售
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

venta de garaje
570 millions of speakers
en

English

car boot sale
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कार की डिक्की बिक्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمهيد بيع سيارة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

продажа багажнике
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

venda do carregador do carro
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

গাড়ী বুট বিক্রয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

brocante
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Jualan but kereta
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Flohmarkt
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

カー·ブート·セール
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

자동차 부팅 판매
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mobil boot sale
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bán khởi động xe
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கார் துவக்க விற்பனை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कार बूट विक्री
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

araba bagajı satışı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

car boot vendita
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

sprzedaż bagażniku
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

продаж багажнику
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vânzare de boot mașină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πώληση μποτών αυτοκινήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

motor boot koop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bil start försäljning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bil støvel salg
5 millions of speakers

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Frank Carson
Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAR BOOT SALE»

Discover the use of car boot sale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to car boot sale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cities and Consumption
The car boot sale is characterised by its lack of the fixtures and trappings of permanent forms of retailing, such as display stands, racks, mannequins, lights, music, and so forth. The car boot sale is reliant on altogether more impromptu ...
Mark Jayne, 2006
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The Atheists Guide to Heaven and Hell and Other Short Stories
I initially started my car boot addiction when I was twenty-six years old and ever since my first "Bootie" (fan club's affectionate name for a car boot sale), I have this burning desire to ask this question. Why, in all these years of visiting said car ...
Charlie Marx, 2007
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Buy and Sell Cars for Profits:
The purpose of boot sale shopping is finding unique products are great prices. As soon as a stallholder spots your two-thousand pound watch, your buying price has doubled! Take them off. What should I take to a car boot sale? Now that you ...
V.T., 2014
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A Life Like Mine: A Remarkable True Reflection of a Family's ...
The next plan of attack was to go and try and sell the items at a car boot sale. There was a mega car boot sale each weekend in Rhyl a few miles away so it was an opportunity not really to be missed; it was also a case of having not much  ...
E. Baird, 2008
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Reuse: Adaptive Reuse, Antique Shop, Bric-À-Brac, Car Boot ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
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Knockoff: The Deadly Trade in Counterfeit Goods: The True ...
My slot started at 7.30 am, immediately after an antiques specialist who was advertised as 'Mr Car Boot Sale Man'. Every week, the switchboard lit up like fairy lights as excited punters called in to discuss their latest car boot sale purchase.
Tim Phillips, 2007
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English Next: A2/1. Teacher's guide. / Brigitte Köper ...
... sale or car boot sale. The American English word for car boot is trunk, and a car boot sale would be called a flea market. ... Ask students if they have ever sold off things they don't want at a garage sale or a car boot sale. Ask them what you ...
Brigitte Köper, 2009
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Frommer's London Free and Dirt Cheap
Even prior to the invention of eBay, there was a way for us to sell the unwanted contents of our attics, or buy the unwanted contents of other people's: a car boot sale. For the uninitiated, a car boot sale is like a giant jumble sale or rummage ...
Joe Fullman, 2010
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Numeracy And Beyond: Applying Mathematics in the Primary School
The car boot sale: a commentary The car boot sale is an example of a practical, ' real-life' activity involving money calculations. Within the Numeracy Framework, such an activity might be used to meet the objective that 'pupils should be taught  ...
Hughes, Martin, Desforges, Charles, Mitchell, Christine, 2000
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Operation Pentacount
When is the next car boot sale?” Jetty wrote back, “Lest I forget. My younger sister , Corda, is anorexic. She and our last boy are my stepsiblings. To your question, our next car boot sale will be in two weeks time on Saturday December 2004 at ...
Nana Mumford, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAR BOOT SALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term car boot sale is used in the context of the following news items.
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After the prototype PlayStation: six more obscure games consoles
... machine that either died at the prototype stage or collapsed shortly after release. Here are six more to look out for at your next car boot sale. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Hundreds turn out for fun at Purton Carnival
... Shop, opened from noon, where visitors enjoyed a variety of stalls and sideshows including a fun fair, stands, car boot sale and a barbecue. «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
3
Car boot sale drives up funds for charities
Sledmere House Stately Car boot Sale 2015 - Teachers and ... 100 stalls were on offer at the Sledmere Stately Home Charity Car Boot Sale. «Driffield Today, Jul 15»
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Taser found for sale at car boot sale
A Batley man, 26, was arrested after police found the suspected weapon in a car at the Dewsbury Rams car boot sale off Owl Lane in Shaw ... «Batley News, Jul 15»
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Bramley United car boot sale
Bramley United car boot sale is on this Sunday 5th July. Seller's 11:45 - Buyer's 12:15. It's £6 to sell and free entry for buyers plus free parking on the pitch. «Salisbury Journal, Jul 15»
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St Mary's car boot sale
ST Mary's will be holding a car boot sale on 29 August, so make some cash out of your unwanted goods by reserving a pitch. The sale will take ... «East Grinstead Online, Jul 15»
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I've a house full of stuff I no longer need … how do I get rid of it?
A car boot sale How to junk all that unwanted stuff … car boot sales are too much like hard work. Photograph: Guardian. Saturday 4 July 2015 ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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June 29, 2015 | Car Booters! Paull on Saturday 4th July 2015
A car boot sale will take place at Paull sports field on Saturday 4th July 2015 and every first Saturday of subsequent months until October – the ... «Hu12 Online, Jun 15»
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Car boot sale set to raise funds for community radio station
“As part of our continued efforts to fund raise for AIR 107.2, we are holding a brand new regular car boot sale at Westfield Arts College every Sunday from 2pm ... «Dorset Echo, Jun 15»
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Hot Rod car stolen from car boot sale
Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a distinctive Hot Rod car was stolen from a car boot sale Hemswell earlier this month. «Gainsborough Standard, Jun 15»
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