true junker
- noun
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recolector de objetos
- As a true junker, he sees value where others just see trash.
Examples
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Being a true junker, she can't resist stopping at every flea market she passes.
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He is a true junker who loves finding old furniture.
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My neighbor is a true junker, always coming home with old bicycles and furniture to refurbish.
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Many true junkers attend flea markets every weekend.
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As a true junker, he spends weekends exploring flea markets for hidden treasures.
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Many true junkers enjoy restoring old furniture to give it a new life.
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She is a true junker who loves to find vintage items at garage sales.
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
1
8.1
A person who collects and fixes old broken things to sell or keep
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8.1
A person who often collects small old things other people discard
How Dedicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'true' (genuine) + 'junker' (a person who collects/restores junk), so the meaning 'a genuine enthusiast who collects or restores junk' is directly derivable from the parts. The intensifier pattern is common and predictable across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
True junker likely comes from using junker for an old, broken item; picture someone happily digging through piles of rubbish to find worn chairs and bikes to fix. So a true junker is 'a person who loves to collect and restore junk'.