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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; junk¹ + -er¹

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Jun·ker

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–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 junchérro, equiv. to junc young + hérro Herr

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n. Slang
A car or truck that is old and in poor repair.

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Jun·ker Audio Help (yŏŏng'kər) Pronunciation Key
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.

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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.

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