junkman

English

Etymology

From junk +‎ man.

Noun

junkman (plural junkmen)

1. A seller of junk (miscellaneous articles of low value).

   Synonym: junkdealer

   • 1966, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Fixer:

     He was leaving behind his few ruined sticks of furniture—a junkman had wanted to be paid to take them—and two sets of cracked dishes, also unsaleable, that Shmuel could do with whatever he wanted—use, ax, or fire—they were worth nothing.

   • 2007 June 18, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times‎:

     It’s the call of the junkman from his horse-drawn cart, a vestige of British culture in the pre-electronic days.

Translations

seller of junk — see also scrap dealer

Bulgarian: вехтошар m (vehtošar) Catalan: drapaire (ca) m or f Finnish: romukauppias (fi) German: Schrotthändler (de) m Hebrew: אַלְטֶע זַאכֶן m (álte zákhen) Indonesian: tukang loak (id), tukang rongsok Latin: scrutarius m Russian: старьёвщик (ru) m (starʹjóvščik) Swedish: skrothandlare c

See also

• scrap dealer