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scrap heap
noun
1.
a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
2.
a place for dumping old, useless things.
Also,
scrap·heap.
Origin:
1830–40;
scrap
1
+
heap
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scrapheap
(ˈskræpˌhiːp)
—
n
1.
a pile of discarded material
2.
on the scrapheap
(of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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