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Junky

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of junk; cheap, worthless, or of low quality.

    "1970–1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed in Pleasure I took my jewelry box & made a bracelet for J from an old broken necklace & the clasp from a junky pink charm bracelet."

  2. 2
    Full of junk.

    "We really need to clear out the junky basement."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of junkie. alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang
  2. 2
    someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction wordnet
  3. 3
    a narcotics addict wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From junk + -y (adjectival suffix).

Etymology 2

From junk + -y (“person associated”).

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