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Definition of Junkman
1. one who buys and sells junk [n JUNKMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Junkman
Literary usage of Junkman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theme-building by Charles Henshaw Ward (1920)
"If we decide, for example, to deal with "the child who stole his father's coat
in order to trade it to a junkman," we must heat the subject in our ..."
2. Old highways in China by Isabelle Williamson (1884)
"The old junkman heads the cavalcade; straight towards the harbour sands they go.
... exclaims Ahn Yune, and buries her face in the old junkman's gown. ..."
3. Emden by Hellmuth von Mücke (1917)
"The officer of the prize crew that remained on board the "junkman," up to ...
When the captain came on board the "junkman," his officers were standing at ..."
4. Number Stories by Alhambra Georgia Deming (1916)
"After dinner he tied the magazines up into bundles, packed them into his express
wagon, and took them to the junkman. "Will you weigh each package ..."
5. Alley Scatting by Sharon McDermoot (2005)
"I Cash Clothes! the junkman sang out there in Queens. ... It was their weekly
competition: beat the junkman to the pile. / Cash Clothes! 1 Cash Clothes! ..."
6. The Charm of the Antique by Robert Shackleton, Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming Shackleton (1914)
"Six or seven months ago a junkman's wagon moved slowly up a road a half-mile from
our ... Till that moment the iron had been to the junkman merely junk; ..."
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