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ˈscrap-heap
[f. scrap n.1]
A heap of scrap iron; an accumulation of disused and broken-up ironwork for refounding. Hence fig. in phrases, as to cast on or consign to the scrap-heap, to cast aside as worn out or superseded.
1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 121/1 note, All its contemporary rivals [sc. locomotive engines] that have escaped the fate of the ‘scrap heap’ have been re-made. 1891[see scrap iron]. 1903G. B. Shaw Man & Superman xxxi, This is the true joy of life..; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap. 1937V. Bartlett This is my Life xv. 258, I don't know who bought that car in the end or how soon it reached the scrap heap. 1956Railway Mag. Nov. 749/2 No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap. 1967G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway iv. 40 Engines long past their time for the scrap-heap were being kept going. 1972Times 16 May 2/2 He felt he had been thrown onto the scrap heap after 20 years' service. 1977Times 7 Oct. 15/6 A socialist determination to drive fewer people onto the scrap heap. 1980A. Clarke Last Voyage ix. 100 They didn't send me to the scrap-heap straight away. Gave me a little job.
Hence ˈscrap-heap v. trans., to consign to the scrap-heap. So ˈscrap-heaping vbl. n.
1905Daily News 4 Dec. 6 The recent scrap-heaping of war vessels. 1907Westm. Gaz. 4 Mar. 7/3 They cannot very well ‘scrap-heap’ the boats. |