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scrapman

scrapman noun: a scrap dealer.

Noun

scrapman (plural scrapmen)

  1. A scrap dealer.
    • The other women and children living among the scrapmen are treated with respect.2018, Derek Schilling, Screening the Paris suburbs: From the silent era to the 1990s
    • For the others, storage awaits. Some are already on Death Row. Two sets have already been identified for a one-way trip to Newport Docks and a date with the scrapman's torch, with more to follow.2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33

Forms of scrapman

pluralscrapmen

Origin of scrapman

From scrap + -man.

Questions about scrapman

What does scrapman mean?
Scrapman means a scrap dealer.
What part of speech is scrapman?
Scrapman is a noun.
What is the plural of scrapman?
The plural of scrapman is scrapmen.

Words near scrapman in the dictionary

  1. scrapingly
  2. scrapings
  3. scrapless
  4. scraplet
  5. scraplets
  6. scrapman
  7. scrapmen
  8. scrapmerchant
  9. scrapmerchants
  10. scrapmonger
  11. scrapmongers

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