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odds and ends
Scraps; remnants; oddments
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  1. Scraps; remnants; oddments
  2. Miscellaneous items, remnants, or pieces.
miscellany
A publication containing various literary works.
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  1. A publication containing various literary works.
  2. Such a collection of writings, as in a book
  3. A collection of various items, parts, or ingredients, especially one composed of diverse literary works.
stuff
(Slang) Specific talk or actions:
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  1. (Slang) Specific talk or actions:
  2. (Old-fashioned) Something to be drunk, swallowed, etc.
  3. Special capability:
frippery
Showy display in dress, manners, speech, etc.; affectation of elegance
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  1. Showy display in dress, manners, speech, etc.; affectation of elegance
  2. Cheap, gaudy clothes; tawdry finery
  3. Something trivial or nonessential.
jumble
A confused or disordered mass:
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  1. A confused or disordered mass:
  2. (Brit.) rummage sale
  3. A kind of thin, sugared cookie shaped like a ring
ransack
To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
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  1. To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  2. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly:
  3. To search through for plunder; pillage; rob
scour
To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
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  1. To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
  2. To scrub something in order to clean or polish it.
  3. To search through or over thoroughly:
turn-inside-out
(Sports) To make a player (especially a defender) turn the wrong way and hence get past him
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  1. (Sports) To make a player (especially a defender) turn the wrong way and hence get past him
comb
To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.
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  1. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.
  2. To clean, straighten out, or arrange with a comb
  3. To move a comb through (the hair) so as to arrange or groom:
forage
To get or take food or provisions from
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  1. To get or take food or provisions from
  2. To wander in search of food or provisions.
  3. To collect forage from; strip of food or supplies:
ransack
To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly:
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  1. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly:
  2. To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  3. To loot or pillage. See also sack.
scour
To remove dirt and grease from (wool, etc.)
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  1. To remove dirt and grease from (wool, etc.)
  2. To clean (wheat)
  3. To clean (wheat) before the milling process.
shake down
To search exhaustively.
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  1. To search exhaustively.
  2. To cause something to fall by shaking it, or something it is attached down.
  3. (By extension) To get money from someone using threats.
Find another word for rummage. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rummage, like: odds and ends, miscellany, used goods, second-hand goods, antiques, stuff, frippery, old clothes, hand-me-downs, jumble and search through.

Sentence Examples

  • Let him rummage around inside it and find all those treasures himself.

  • I made my way back to the kitchen and turned on the gas stove burner for enough light to rummage through drawers until I located a box of wooden matches.

  • Look for bargain brand baby items at discount thrift stores and rummage sales and explore the possible resources for parents available on the Internet and in your community.

  • Grandparents may also let you rummage through their old holiday decorations-just be sure to let them know of any valuable items you want to borrow.

  • Friends' and family's closets - If you're too young to remember when Prince was with the Revolution, but you have older siblings who do, rummage around in their closets and see what you can find.

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