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junker

[juhng-ker] / ˈdʒʌŋ kər /






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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

I said, “Listen, if you have any old junker I could use, I swear I will come back here tomorrow and buy the most expensive bike you have.”

From Washington Post Sep. 11, 2021

The discrepancy is made even more acute by the fact that our lieutenant always dresses just short of shabbily, slouches about and drives a junker.

From New York Times Jul. 24, 2020

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

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




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