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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

... a junk gentleman and had lost the tailboard out of his wagon and been strewing horseshoes all along the way. He called to me and said, "Hey, ol' man, dem's my horseshoes!" "I know," said I; "I've been picking them up for you." And the moral ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen • Elbert Hubbard

... vessel, even if we agree on that price, which does not seem probable. I'll give you two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the steamer Narcissus; but when you turn her over to me I want a ship, not a piece of floating junk. You'll have to ship a new crank shaft, rewind the main motor, renew the Manila lines, overhaul the standing rigging, retube the condensers and dock her before handing her over to me. She's as foul as any hulk in ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

... as shooting!" he blustered. "If that machine isn't going to come up to the maker's guarantee, I will make my dad get me one that will. I won't tinker round with any one-horse bunch of junk ...

— Battling the Clouds - or, For a Comrade's Honor • Captain Frank Cobb

... from the lookout forward. The eyes of the three men glared at a huge dismasted Chinese junk, wallowing helplessly in the trough of the sea, ...

— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy

... the offending sheet in his hand, Mr. Steadman made his way to the "Mercury" office, a dingy, little flat-roofed building, plastered with old circus posters outside, and filled with every sort of junk inside. At an unpainted desk piled high with papers, sat the editor. His hair stood up like a freshly laundried, dustless mop; his shirt was dirty; his pipe hung listlessly in his mouth—upside down, and a three days' crop of black beard peppered his face. ...

— Purple Springs • Nellie L. McClung

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