piece of junk

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Noun

piece of junk (plural pieces of junk)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece,‎ of,‎ junk.
(derogatory) A bad person or thing; an object of poor quality.
Synonyms: hunk of junk, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of shit, piece of trash; see also Thesaurus:jerk, Thesaurus:trash
- 2003, Sonic Team, Sonic Battle, Sega, published 2003, Game Boy Advance, scene: Central Highway - After selecting the area, level/area: Rouge’s Story:
  Eggman: Hmph! I tossed that piece of junk at the beach already!
- 2013, Stefan Olsdal, Brian Molko (lyrics and music), “Too Many Friends”, in Loud Like Love, performed by Placebo:
  My computer thinks I'm gay / I threw that piece of junk away

Translations

bad person or thing

Finnish: romu (fi), roska (fi) (thing); hulttio (fi), konna (fi) (person)

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