In America, a car boot sale (UK term for selling used goods from a car's trunk) is most similar to a garage sale, yard sale, or tag sale, though these are often single-household events on a driveway, while boot sales are larger, organized community markets in parking lots; for large public events with multiple sellers, the closest US equivalent is a flea market or swap meet.
Is there an American equivalent?" There is, but usually it all falls under the term Yard or Garage Sale. Something like that could be called a "Rummage Sale" as well, as it is not all stuff from one person...or even a "Charity Sale" which would also be an umbrella term.
The part of the car used to hold items you won't need access to without stopping the vehicle is called the boot in the UK, and the trunk in the US. These words may be different, but their meaning is incredibly similar when taken back to their origins.
The trunk (American English) or boot (British English) of a car is the vehicle's main storage or cargo compartment, often a hatch at the rear of the vehicle. It can also be called a tailgate.
The boot space, also known as the trunk, is the space at the rear end of the vehicle where you can store your things. From your grocery bags to your luggage, you can store a lot of things here.
Car boot sales are popular in the United Kingdom, where they are often referred to simply as "car boots", and also in parts of Australia and mainland Europe.
A French car boot sale is known as a vide grenier and, in the north, a rederie or braderie. Towns are limited to two a year. Brocantes are more regular flea markets, often weekly or monthly, and where all traders must be licenced.
What's the American English equivalent to a British car's bonnet and boot?
For example, people using British English refer to the front end of a car as a bonnet, while it is called a hood by those using American English. Similarly, while it is the boot for the back of a car in British English, it is referred to as a trunk in American English.
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It goes all the way back to when horse-drawn carriages were the norm. The driver would sit on a chest that held his belongings, including – yes – his boots. The original name was "the boot locker", which in time became shortened to just "the boot."
In the United Kingdom, they are known as car boot sales if the event takes place in a field or car park, as the vendors will sell goods from the boot (or 'trunk' in American English) of their car.
Though both terms mean the same, they are called differently in different regions. In the United States, it is called a "Car Trunk", whereas in British English, it is called a "Car Boot". In Indian English, it is called "Car dickey or dikki or dikky", which is called by the people of South Asia.
In the US fanny is a commonly used word for backside; in Australia the equivalent word is bum, as in "he kicked him in the bum". Fanny is not an acceptable word in Australia or New Zealand - it refers to the same general region of the female body, at the top end of the legs, but at the front, not the back!
The phrase 'WAGs'—an abbreviated, slang term for the wives and girlfriends of professional athletes—is of course steeped in a history of misogyny, and traditionally, signals an outdated reduction of the female partners of athletes as nothing more than cheerleaders for their male partners.
For the absolute biggest boot space in the UK, large SUVs and MPVs dominate, with the Land Rover Defender 130 (Outbound) offering massive volume (over 1000L with seats up/folded) and the Peugeot 5008 and Mercedes-Benz EQV also providing huge flexibility, but for sheer standard estate car room, the Skoda Superb Estate (690L) and VW Passat Estate are legendary for their huge, practical bays.
