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View synonyms for junk mail
junk mail
noun
- unsolicited commercial mail or email.
junk mail
noun
- untargeted mail advertising goods or services
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Word History and Origins
Origin of junk mail1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Idioms and Phrases
Third-class mail, such as unsolicited advertisements and flyers, that is sent indiscriminately. For example, While we were on vacation the front hall filled up with junk mail . [c. 1950]Discover More
Example Sentences
The embattled New York congressman announced he was taking a leave of absence to deal with his junk mail problem.
From The Daily Beast
Spammers hadn't figured out that using public keys would make their junk mail more plausible yet, so for now this worked well.
From Project Gutenberg
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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