- a variation of scrap heap.
scrapheap
Britishnoun
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a pile of discarded material
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(of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
Example Sentences
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A rail enthusiast has bought a 1970s train for £1 in a bid to save it from the scrapheap.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Union General Secretary Mick Lynch said rail workers would not accept “being thrown on the scrapheap after being praised as heroes during COVID,” and warned there could be more strikes over the summer.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
Offshore oil derricks dotting the California coastline continue pumping despite a history of catastrophic spills and vows from generations of politicians to send them to the scrapheap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
They had to move fast, they decided — or The Last Light might end up on Magic Leap’s scrapheap.
From The Verge ● Jul. 6, 2020
"One day nearer home" for such a worker means one day nearer the scrapheap.
From The University of Hard Knocks by Ralph Parlette
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