单词 | junk room |
释义 | > as lemmasjunk room a. In sense A. 5, as junk collector, junk heap, junk pile, junk room, etc.Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately at Compounds 2. See also junkman n.2, junk shop n., junk store n., junkyard n. ΚΠ 1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 1 May 3/4 The total amount received for granting and renewing licenses during the month was $578 75—junk shops, 5; junk carts, 33 [etc.]. 1866 21st Ann. Rep. Prison Assoc. N.Y. 166 The law..has recognized the utility and even the necessity of pawnbroking and junk-dealing. 1880 Harper's Mag. June 67/1 The junk pile in the barn is invaded, and the rusty plough abstracted. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 8 July 3/2 Twenty tons of unsold copies of a well-known cheap magazine were sold for waste-paper to junk merchants. 1936 M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xiv. 207 They didn't keep anything valuable there. It's a sort of junk-room. 1959 Times 14 Mar. 8/5 How to evaluate the pieces found in sale rooms, antique shops, and junk stalls. 1973 Guardian 23 Mar. 12/4 In Plymouth once they raided the local junk-heap to supplement the props which they had brought with them. 2015 A. Flourney Turner House 110 He rode in the back of the truck and watched junk collectors traverse Black Bottom. < as lemmas |
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