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junkshop

junkshop noun: a shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.

Noun

junkshop (plural junkshops)

  1. A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
    • Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Forms of junkshop

pluraljunkshops

Origin of junkshop

From junk + shop.

Questions about junkshop

What does junkshop mean?
Junkshop means a shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
What part of speech is junkshop?
Junkshop is a noun.
What is the plural of junkshop?
The plural of junkshop is junkshops.

Words near junkshop in the dictionary

  1. junkroom
  2. junkrooms
  3. junks
  4. junkscape
  5. junkscapes
  6. junkshop
  7. junkshops
  8. junkspace
  9. junkspaces
  10. junkware
  11. junky

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