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Junk heap   /dʒəŋk hip/   Listen
Junk heap

noun
1.
An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter.  Synonyms: garbage heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pile.






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"Junk heap" Quotes from Famous Books



... for one small piece of iron, such as you would kick to one side in a junk heap. If it interests you, read pages 159 to 162 of John Fiske's admirable little book, "Through Nature to God." You will finish the book ...
— Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers • Arthur Brisbane

... the useless and corrupt politician, is now heard in all parts of our land. In many of our cities, he has already been relegated to the junk heap, by the adoption of the commission form of government. Two of the states, Kansas and Oklahoma, are now vying with each other, to see which shall be first to adopt the same system in the management ...
— The Choctaw Freedmen - and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy • Robert Elliott Flickinger



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