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- noun Plural form of
scrapyard .
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Examples
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Seriously, you can take one of those giant electromagnets used to lift cars at scrapyards and lift your HD with it, and it will do absolutely nothing to your data.
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In the past year or so, NCL took bids from scrapyards.
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French photographer Cédric Delsaux started out taking photos of what he calls "the peripheral zones" of modern cities - wastelands, empty deserts, scrapyards.
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The Times Online reported that the estimated price of scrap metal for 2009 would be about $418 per ton, which gives family-owned scrapyards a sweet payday when they turn in metal recovered from appliances, cars, and machinery.
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I've been every place: scrapyards, wasteyards, recycling yards.
Britain's not working Amelia Gentleman 2010
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We went from my favourite ground, Carisbrook, still standing but no longer a Test arena, amid the scrapyards and panel-beating workshops of Dunedin, to Lancaster Park, as the AMI Stadium was then called, in Christchurch.
New Zealand rugby's southern soul breathes ruck'n'roll | Eddie Butler 2011
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The right side of the street was lined with miniature scrapyards.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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Anibal Mistorni is an intrepid sourcer of found materials -- from scrapyards, building demolitions, and random good luck.
Private Eye Lorraine Cademartori 2010
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Seriously, you can take one of those giant electromagnets used to lift cars at scrapyards and lift your HD with it, and it will do absolutely nothing to your data.
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You will always find stuff like this in the remoter reaches of scrapyards, but sometimes they can be a joyful surprise.
Back to Nature Peter Ashley 2007
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