Rummage

Rummage means to dig through a pile of things so that you can see everything. Think about looking in a pile of books for just one book.
One of the joys of life is rummaging around in a bookstore, looking for hidden gems.

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Word of the Day: Rummage

I used to love to rummage through the discounted book bins, looking for hidden gems that had either been overlooked or were damaged.

Unfortunately, it’s been years since I was in a bookstore that primarily sold English language books.

Digging through hundreds of books took some time, but it was a great way to spend time after work or waiting for a bus on a rainy day.

You know what I mean by rummage, don’t you?


It means to move everything around so that you can see everything.


When rummaging around the book bins, I would look under, in and behind every book in there, hoping to find cheap paperback reprints of Victorian classics from authors such as Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens or Rudyard Kipling.

Now that I think of it, this may be one of the reasons why I feel right at home in Kansai – I do love a good bargain.


This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 70.  

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