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junk ((n.))
[var. of
chunk
]
Esp. East
n.
a length of sawn log, stovewood, etc.
1827
 
(1829)
 
Landing on the shore . . . we came upon pieces of junk pinewood split up in thin pieces. . . .
1832
 
Lathwood . . . consists of roughly split junks, three, four, and six feet long. . . .
1954
 
He had told himself that . . . he should be thinking of lumber . . . planking, sill logs, shingle junks.