| Summary: | junk n More than 90% of the people in Newfoundland outports where I have lived used wood-burning stoves and the cutting and sawing the firewood into "junks" was a big part of the folk-life of the community. One of the most popular of wood-burning stoves was called the "_Waterloo_" (the trade name) which took "_junks_" or lengths of wood about two feet long. The oven was separated [check] (over) DICT CEN. MAR 31 1970 [check] Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not Used back junk, fore junk, middle junk, billet, junk of a boy, junk-buoy, a cold junk Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Tue 18 Aug 2015, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY
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