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junk(2)(dictionary)
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junk(2) (iou)



junk noun2. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
Chiefly Nautical.
a. An old or inferior cable or rope. Usu. old junk. LME-M18.
b. Old cable or rope, cut up into short lengths and used for making oakum etc. M17.
c. Salt meat (formerly used as food on long voyages), compared to pieces of old rope. Also salt junk. M18.
A piece or lump of something, a chunk. E18.
H. Lawson The remainsa meal of junk of badly-hacked bread, a basin of dripping.
The mass of thick oily cellular tissue beneath the case and nostrils of a sperm whale, containing spermaceti. M19.
Any discarded or waste material that can be put to some use. Now usu., second-hand or discarded articles of little or no use or value; rubbish. M19.
Betty Smith She and her brother,..like other Brooklyn kids, collected rags, paper, metal, rubber, and other junk. D. Francis The junk I sold to secondhand shops and the best bits to dealers.
A narcotic drug, esp. heroin; narcotic drugs collectively. slang (orig. US). E20.
= junk food below. L20.
P. Theroux Eating junk, Guppy Cola and jelly sandwiches.
Comb.: junk art three-dimensional art made from discarded material; junk bond Finance a high-yielding high-risk security, esp. one issued to finance a takeover; junk-bottle US a thick strong bottle of green or black glass; junk-dealer US a marine-store dealer; junk food food that appeals to popular (esp. juvenile) taste but has little nutritional value; junk jewellery = COSTUME jewellery; junk mail circulars, advertisements, etc., sent by post to a large number of addresses; junkman noun1 a dealer in marine stores or second-hand goods; junk playground an adventure playground using waste materials; junk science untested or unproven theories when presented as scientific fact (esp. in a court of law); junk sculpture = junk art above; junk shop (a) a marine store; (b) a shop dealing in miscellaneous cheap second-hand goods or (derog.) antiques.