Rummage
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A fumble, grope, usually accompanies snogging and precedes getting down and dirty
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A sale of secondhand items, held in a driveway, garage, or front yard. They usually take place on Saturday mornings in summer.
From [rummage sale], so called because it is a sale where you can freely rummage (or sort) through things in piles or boxes.
They typically include used clothes, old records, ancient appliances, [Happy Meal] toys, potholders, small brass deer, broken watches, coffee cups, and crafty Christmas decorations. Each sale is different, and finding something good is not a guarantee. (One might argue that it is actually unlikely, as you are sorting through someone else's cast-offs.)
It's main appeal is the [thrill of the hunt] and the chance at finding a real [bargain].
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when people of age have a gathering with rum hence the name rummage. Usually in old time English. Also known as a party.
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A thorough search of something, to search by handling, or turning over the contents of. From earlier romage; the act of packing and handling cargo
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The inclusion of drinking Rum into an activity. Or just drinking Rum.
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The act of playing Rummy.
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Search unsystematically and untidily through something.
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(Informal). Of a female to [have a go] at herself in public or private. to [flick] ones [bean], as to speak.
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