junker
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌŋkər/
- US
:
reciclador
- No, those are junkers over there.
Examples
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You don't look like a junker.
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They were junkers, that's all.
Fiction book (1990) -
Captain found this for you in a junker shop.
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I'm just a junker, man.
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Tomorrow morning we'll find the nearest town, we'll swap that watch of yours for some old junker, and everything will be just... Just fine, okay?
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J.J.: Switch the ID plate with the junker's.
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Now he's a junker.
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The junker spent hours fixing old bicycles and selling them for a profit.
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As a junker, she enjoys searching flea markets for unique items to restore.
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At the flea market, the skilled junker displayed a collection of refurbished antique furniture.
Synonyms
137
3.0
A person who gathers and keeps special items like stamps
20
5.5
A person who searches through trash for things to reuse or sell
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5.1
A person who collects old things to sell or throw away
A person who collects old broken things and fixes them for fun
A person who collects and sells scrap metal and old appliances
Compounds
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Etymology
Junker comes from junk meaning 'old, useless things' and the ending -er meaning 'a person who does something', so a junker is someone who collects or fixes old items, like a worker in a junkyard.