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junk

/dʒʌŋk/
noun
  1. Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.

  2. A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.

  3. Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.

verb
  1. To throw away.

  2. To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)

    "(On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house.""

Synonymsbin, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose

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