scrap heap

See also: scrapheap and scrap-heap

English

Noun

scrap heap (plural scrap heaps)

  1. Alternative spelling of scrapheap
    • 1960 February, “Swansea & Mumbles closure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:
      The large double-deck Brush electric cars which replaced steam in 1929 and were the largest passenger-carrying road vehicles in the country, will follow the fixed assets to the scrap heap.
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