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JUNKER

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junk⋅er

  [juhng-ker]
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–noun Slang.
a car that is old, worn out, or in bad enough repair to be scrapped.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism, for an earlier sense; junk 1 + -er 1
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Jun⋅ker

  [yoong-ker]
–noun
1. a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, esp. in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers.
2. a young German, esp. Prussian, nobleman.
3. a German official or military officer who is narrow-minded, haughty, and overbearing.
Origin:
1545–55; < G; OHG junchērro, equiv. to junc young + hērro Herr

junk

1  [juhngk]
–noun
1. any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
2. anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash.
3. old cable or cordage used when untwisted for making gaskets, swabs, oakum, etc.
4. Nautical Slang. salt junk.
5. Baseball Slang. relatively slow, unorthodox pitches that are deceptive to the batter in movement or pace, as knuckleballs or forkballs.
–verb (used with object)
6. to cast aside as junk; discard as no longer of use; scrap.
–adjective
7. cheap, worthless, unwanted, or trashy.
Origin:
1480–90; earlier jonke, of uncert. orig.

Synonyms:
1, 2. rubbish, litter, debris, refuse.
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junker   (jŭng'kər)   
n.   Slang
A car or truck that is old and in poor repair.
Jun·ker   (yŏŏng'kər)   
n.  A member of the Prussian landed aristocracy, a class formerly associated with political reaction and militarism.

[German, from Middle High German junchērre, page, squire, from Old High German junchērro : junc, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots + hērro, lord; see Herr.]
Jun'ker·dom n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
junk

  1. n.
    herion; drugs. : Is Sam still on junk? It will kill him.
  2. n.
    a Caucasian. (Rude and derogatory.) : Those cops are junk and they hate my guts.
  3. n.
    and the junk.. the genitals. (See also jonx.) : Stop itching your junk, you freak.
  4. n.
    possessions. : I'll be ready to go as soon as I get my junk together.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

junk  (1)
"worthless stuff," 1338, junke "old cable or rope" (nautical), of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.Fr. junc "rush," from L. juncus "rush, reed." Nautical use extended to "old refuse from boats and ships" (1842), then to "old or discarded articles of any kind" (1884). The verb meaning "to throw away as trash, to scrap" is from 1916. Junkie "drug addict" is attested from 1923, but junk for "narcotic" is said to be older. Junk food is from 1973; junk art is from 1966; junk mail first attested 1954.

junker 
"young Ger. noble," 1554, from Ger., from O.H.G. juncherro, lit. "young lord," from junc "young" + herro "lord." Pejorative sense of "reactionary younger member of the Prussian aristocracy" (1865) dates from Bismarck's domestic policy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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