Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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junk, n.1 1. food . (2 subsenses) 2.  oakum (loose fibre, obtained by untwisting and picking old rope), the ‘picking’ of which provided the main cell task for 19th century prisoners. 3. inanimate objects. (6 subsenses) 4.  rubbish, nonsense. 5.  money. 6.  a mean, despicable man. 7. in drugs use. (5 subsenses) 8.  offensive or abusive speech. 9.  the male or female genitals. 10.  constr. with the, the very best.
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junk, n.2 a heroin addict.
junk, adj. 1. rubbishy, second-rate, inferior. 2.  pertaining to heroin or the hard drug culture. 3.  pertaining to marijuana.
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junk, v. to collect empty bottles to get money back on them.
junkie, n. 1.  a heroin addict; occas. of cocaine (see cite 1960). 2. (rare) a heroin seller. 3. a (regular) user of any drug. 4. fig. an addict of any sort, e.g. vinyl junkie, a collector of vinyl (rather than cassette or CD) recordings.
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junked-out (adj.) suffering from heroin addiction.
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junkball (adj.) annoying, disappointing.
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junk guy (n.) see junkman under junk n.1
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junk hawk (n.) a heroin user whose entire existence centres on the drug.
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junkhead (n.) a drug addict or drug dealer.
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junkheap (n.) 1. a railroad train. 2. a disgusting, filthy place. 3. an old, battered automobile; also attrib.
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junk hog (n.) a drug addict who is seen as excessive in their consumption.
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junk hound (n.) a narcotics addict.
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junkhouse (n.) a place – an apartment, a house – used for the consumption of narcotics, crack cocaine, etc.
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junkman (n.) 1. a heroin dealer. 2. a cocaine dealer.
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junk pile (n.) see junker n. (3)
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junk tank (n.) a cell reserved for drug abusers and alcoholics.
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junk in the trunk (n.) large buttocks.
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junk juice (n.) opiated medicines, e.g. brands of cough syprup.
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junked, adj. intoxicated by drugs.
junker, n. 1. a drug addict . 2. a drug seller. 3.  a near-derelict but just drivable second-hand car, or motor-bike, one step from the junkyard; also attrib. . 4. as sense 3 but in other contexts.
junket, n.
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junket-brain (n.) a general term of abuse.
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junket gun (n.) see blue-veined junket pumper under blue-veined adj.
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junket trumpet (n.) see spunk-trumpet under spunk n.
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junkette, n. a young female drug taker or heroin addict.
junkie fold (n.) a method of folding a square of paper, one end tucking into the other and top folding into the resulting ‘slot’, in which a measure of narcotics can be held.
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junkie, adj. 1.  used of one who is addicted to narcotics; pertaining to the world of narcotics. 2. addicted to anything. 3. addictive.
junko, n. a drug addict; also as adj.
junkolo trap, n. see junker n. (3)
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