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home scrap

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noun

Metallurgy.
  1. scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.


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He started bringing home scrap metal from his job sites and twisting and welding the pieces into playful characters in his garage.

From Washington Times

By late spring 18 new blast furnaces will be in operation, giving the mills 6^ million tons more pig annually, or enough when added to their home scrap and what is turned back by steel-using industry, to meet all of next year's needs.

From Time Magazine Archive