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noun

Junk n. A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk. (Colloq.)

Junk n.

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

Old iron, or other metal, glass, paper, etc., bought and sold by junk dealers.

Hence: Something worthless, or only worth its value as recyclable scrap.

(Naut.) Hard salted beef supplied to ships.

Junk bottle, a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored glass.

Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc.

Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck.

Junk ring.

(a)

A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engine.

(b)

A metallic ring for retaining a piston packing in place;

(c)

A follower.

Junk shop, a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale.

Junk vat (Leather Manuf.), a large vat into which spent tan liquor or ooze is pumped.

Junk wad (Mil.), a wad used in proving cannon; also used in firing hot shot.

Junk n. (Naut.) A large vessel, without keel or prominent stem, and with huge masts in one piece, used by the Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, Malays, etc., in navigating their waters.

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"Junk" Quotes from Famous Books

... idea of protecting property by electric wires in 1858. Holmes was the first practical man who dared to offer telephone service for sale. He had obtained two telephones, numbers six and seven, the first five having gone to the junk-heap; and he attached these to a wire in his burglar-alarm office. For two weeks his business friends played with the telephones, like boys with a fascinating toy; then Holmes nailed up a new shelf in ...

— The History of the Telephone • Herbert N. Casson

... as he scurried around the end of the factory building, he heard the scattering fire of half a dozen rifles, followed by a scream—the fleeing hyena had been hit. Barney crouched in the shadow of a pile of junk. He heard the voices of soldiers as they gathered about the wounded man, questioning him, and a moment later the imperious tones of an officer issuing instructions to his men to search the yard. That he must be discovered seemed a certainty to the American. He crouched further back in the ...

— The Mad King • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... the stuff but that did not mean that he had to admire the fools who took it. The man was muttering something about a loan when the door shut and cut off his words. The loan would be spent on more junk. If he had wanted food he could have signed into a state hospital to take the Cure, and be imprisoned and fed until the hunger for his drug had passed and released him. The Cure was a brief hell, but it was fair payment for having had his fun, and if the addict had any guts he ...

— The Man Who Staked the Stars • Charles Dye

... an office desk, wherein tender episodes are pigeon-holed for future reference. If he is too busy to look them over, they are carried off later in Father Time's junk-wagon, like other and more ...

— The Spinster Book • Myrtle Reed

... wind changed; Ibn Batuta chose a small junk well fitted up, to take him to China, and had all his property put on board. Thirteen other junks were to receive the presents sent by the King of Delhi to the Emperor of China, but during the night a violent storm arose, and all the vessels ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part I. The Exploration of the World • Jules Verne

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