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  • noun A pile of junk; a scrapheap.

Etymologies

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junk +‎ pile

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Examples

  • WASHINGTON — The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and now shrinking rapidly.

    US Has 5,113 Nuclear Warheads, Pentagon Reveals 2010

  • I might be losing the computer pretty soon (long story) so I thought maybe I should clean out the junkpile one last time while I still can.

    ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009

  • And showing his class amidst the usual junkpile of attention-grabbing trivia and gimmicks that pass as 'Fine Arts' in the UK today.

    Neart Burbank Airport and Charity Auction william wray 2009

  • And he may be able to finangle control of the trucks and Jeep, which are the profitable plums, and leave Obama Motors with the remaining junkpile, after the shell game dust settles.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Economy is in Good Hands: 2009

  • ScrewAttack, GameTrailers, Gamevideos, 1UP.. anywhere but that junkpile site ran by ungrateful people.

    Zero Punctuation Equals Millions of Views 2008

  • So the other cool thing is that as Stef and I walked around her neighborhood I saw a junkpile of fence and I was like, dude I have this great idea.

    Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • So the other cool thing is that as Stef and I walked around her neighborhood I saw a junkpile of fence and I was like, dude I have this great idea.

    I choose joy! WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

  • The personal junkyard is a Western Institution, and I would be a hypocrite to advocate for its abolition; just don't expect me to put my ass between your junkpile and a running wildfire.

    "Fusee" Frank Wildland Firefighter Topics 2007

  • The personal junkyard is a Western Institution, and I would be a hypocrite to advocate for its abolition; just don't expect me to put my ass between your junkpile and a running wildfire.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • Not to mention pages and pages of analysis that have hit the junkpile.

    Sweet, Lusciuous Writing Process - Danya Ruttenberg 2006

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