junkyard

• My father found that in a junkyard, and was able to repair it and make it work. —  Hector Ruiz on connecting the world
• When the growl of the all-terrain vehicle faded away toward the other side of the junkyard, the boy signaled that it was safe to leave the truck. —  Hoot
• I turned the MG and bounced through ruts and potholes The parking lot looked like a junkyard: there were dead cars pulled over to one side in a field of straggly anise weed; a couple of rusted trailers with laundry lines strung between them sat next to a mound of oyster shells that spilled down the hillside like tailings from an abandoned mine. —  Muller, Marcia - [11] Trophies and Dead Things.htm
• The second junkyard was a smaller one, and I didn't get much help with the cars I could expect to find there either. —  AHMM,November2007
• We parted without mentioning the car over at the junkyard, the one I thought had been moved. —  AHMM,November2007

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