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scrap iron

noun

  1. old iron to be remelted or reworked.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scrap iron1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

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At a public hearing, Tilted Arc was lambasted as "garbage", "hideous", "an irritant", "a calculated offence" and "scrap iron" - and a jury that had been chosen to settle the matter voted for its removal.

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Organisers unveiled the medals which have hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap iron from the monument embedded in them.

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They are then attached to the cable - which can also be scrap iron - using ropes.

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“It’s only scrap iron. The focus is rightly on the people inside and the efficiency of the car.”

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The calamity occurred at a bridge construction site in the Mekong delta province where the boy had been searching with friends for scrap iron.

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