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

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

“It was a half a junker, but it was fast as hell,” Doyle said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2016

The houses on the barge are the junker teardowns that are replaced by 10 million dollar eyesores.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2016

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