junker

Plural: junkers

Noun

• Something that is old, discarded, or ready for junking.
• member of the Prussian aristocracy noted especially for militarism
• A young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
• A beat-up automobile.
• A person with an interest in disused or discarded objects.
• Synonym of junkie (“drug addict”).

Examples

• After a bad draw, his rack felt like a junker, full of low-value, unusable letters.

Synonyms

banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock, flivver, hooptie, jalopy, junker, junkie, lemon, old banger, rattletrap, rustbucket, shed, shitbox, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, tin Lizzie, wreck