The junkmen would collect the paper and the few cans and glass bottles contained, while the rest was mixed with manure and was used to fertilize the farming land. |
Home to nearly 2 million people, the neighborhood is a gritty tapestry of mechanics, metal grinders, junkmen and laborers. |
The brick was bought from junkmen and carefully laid into the living room wall. |
They are supposed to sell the rest of the magazines to the junkmen to be pulped, but they sell them to second-hand dealers. |
People are warned against bidding unless they have looked over articles, the lots are made up with a view to interesting second-hand dealers, junkmen, and peddlers, rather than private purchasers. |
Junkmen may have three bells, not to exceed three ounces in weight. |