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white elephant sale

white elephant sale noun: a public sale of second-hand unwanted items.

Noun

white elephant sale (plural white elephant sales)

  1. A public sale of second-hand unwanted items.

Forms of white elephant sale

pluralwhite elephant sales

Questions about white elephant sale

What does white elephant sale mean?
White elephant sale means a public sale of second-hand unwanted items.
What part of speech is white elephant sale?
White elephant sale is a noun.
What is the plural of white elephant sale?
The plural of white elephant sale is white elephant sales.

Words near white elephant sale in the dictionary

  1. white Easters
  2. white eel
  3. white elephant
  4. white elephant exchange
  5. white elephant exchanges
  6. white elephant sale
  7. white elephant sales
  8. white elephants
  9. white English bulldog
  10. white English bulldogs
  11. White Eyes

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