junker

Example Sentences

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So when a crew of construction workers comes to tow the junker away, the outraged children run home to share their misfortune with their parents, only to be quickly rebuffed.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2023

Perhaps the old junker is part of an art installation, which brings us well into the realm of Freedom of Expression.

From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2021

The couple have a teenage son, a junker of a car and desperate hopes that Fitz’s degree will bring a rosier future.

From Washington Post • May 23, 2019

The image showed one vehicle Frankensteined together from the parts of three: The front was a sports car, the center a boring family sedan and the back a rusted junker missing its wheels.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2018

I had found an old junker while snooping around in the woods behind Bob Fenton’s gas station.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos