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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A market, usually held outdoors, where antiques, used household goods, and curios are sold.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An outdoor market selling inexpensive antiques, curios etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles

Etymologies

  1. A calque of French marché aux puces. (Wiktionary)
  2. Translation of French marché aux puces, market with fleas. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “The truth was that they were all garden-variety creatures, rescued from pound or flea market according-to the whims of the various family members; nobody else had wanted any of them.”

    Yon Ill Wind

  • “A number of interesting pieces from the Twenty-sixth Street flea market on Sixth Avenue.”

    Mistress of Justice

  • “Her stock was scant; customers were few, if any; she was out of place on Pear Island, where a flea market would be more appropriate; her prices seemed high, although ... what did he know about prices?”

    The Cat Who Came To Breakfast

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  1. market square
  1. open-air market
  1. open-air marketplace

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  1. calque

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