'''Junk''' is also a nautical word for useless bits of rope and that have been condemned and cut into short lengths and now are only kept for making fenders and matting and the like. It is from this that the meaning of “junk” as rubbish, or anything of no use is derived. | '''Junk''' is also a nautical word for useless bits of rope and that have been condemned and cut into short lengths and now are only kept for making fenders and matting and the like. It is from this that the meaning of “junk” as rubbish, or anything of no use is derived. |