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

An episode might follow someone who had long suffered driving an unreliable, junker of a car.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

Melin quit college and was working at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino buffet and driving a junker car to work.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2018

His first car was a junker that he spent two years rebuilding before it would run.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2012

We put Angela into the car, a junker that must have been getting into annual crashes since the 1970s.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin