junkmann.1
/ˈdʒʌŋkmən/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋkmən/ Now chiefly historical.
A member of the crew of a junk (junk n.3).
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > sailor on other types of craft
brigantiner1555
gondolier1603
collier1716
Greenlandman?1785
junkman1795
surfman1816
Whitehaller1824
gig1833
yawler1833
coracler1834
keel-boatman1839
square-rigger1855
surf boatman1856
skiffman1868
flatman1883
yawlsman1885
packet rat1887
hookerman1894
scooterist1919
launchman1924
sampan-wallah1932
tanker man1932
hydrocyclist-
1795 A. Anderson Accurate Acct. Ld. Macartney's Embassy to China xiii. 114 Our provisions had for some time been very indifferent... In proportion as we fared worse our Chinese junk-men fared better.
1862 J. Henderson in Mem. (1867) iii. 103 A large number of junkmen come from all parts of the country.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 382 The many ghosts in which junkmen believe.
1948 Mariner's Mirror 34 19 Wandering story-tellers take up their stands..in the junkmen's tea-houses.
1996 R. Hutcheon China-Yellow ii. 30 At Malacca, Chinese junkmen and traders opened their eyes to the riches of Cathay just up the South China Sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
junkmann.2
/ˈdʒʌŋkman/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋkˌmæn/ Originally and chiefly North American.
A person who deals in old or discarded items or materials, such as old rope or textiles, bottles, scrap metal, worn-out machinery, etc.; a junk dealer. In later use: spec. a person who travels round an area collecting old clothes and other unwanted items in order to sell them (cf. rag-and-bone man at rag-and-bone adj. 1).
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods
upholder1333
upholster1411
broker1583
junkman1838
third-hand dealer1863
junker1889
junkie1902
society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in marine stores
ship-chandler1642
junkman1838
junk dealer1839
1838 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 7 June The Recorder rebuked the junk man for his participation in the transaction.
1879 Scribner's Monthly May 37/2 He is a licensed junkman; he holds a license for running a boat and buying and selling old refuse articles of any kind.
1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang iv. xix. 372 Other exploits included roaming over the city and junking for copper, brass, and silver which could be profitably disposed of to the junkman.
1972 R. K. Smith Ransom iv. 150 The old pawnbroker watched the junkman.
2004 York County (Maine) Coast Star 29 Apr. 10 a/3 The junkman has gone the way of the iceman and the milk man because today we have yard sales to take care of our family flotsam and jetsam.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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