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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a junker" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a vehicle that is old, in poor condition, or not functioning well, often used informally.
Example: "After years of driving that old car, I finally decided to sell it; it was just a junker."
Alternatives: "a clunker" or "a beater".
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"Ma, you bought a junker," he said, rooting through the material.
Richard sold the scrap to a junker, who then sold it to a foundry in Mexico.
I mean that I do not think of my car as a junker.
A fourth model, a junker, made the fateful plunge into the water.
Sponsors can mean the difference between a junker and a top-flight automobile, between T-shirts and logo wear.
But you can't buy a Cadillac for everyone on a junker budget, no matter what legislation is passed.
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"We had finished escorting some bombers and turned them over to other fighters and were heading for home when down around Magdeburg I saw a Junker-52 getting ready to land," Captain Christensen said.
He shot down a Heinkel bomber and a Junkers Ju 88.
Gen. August Winter, told Lieutenant Waldheim to inform the air force to pick up the prisoners on Levitha in a Junkers aircraft.
Because Germany's aviation industry had started from scratch following Adolf Hitler's recent abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles prohibition on aircraft production, the only engine available in 1934 was a Junkers Jumo of only 210 horsepower (though Daimler-Benz had far-more-powerful engines on the drawing board).
He was eventually captured and flown to Athens in a Junkers 52.
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