"junkmail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: junkmails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} junkmail (countable and uncountable, plural junkmails)
  1. Alternative spelling of junk mail. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: junk mail
    Sense id: en-junkmail-en-noun-C6MotfSj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "His inspiration and direction are supplied by a piece of junkmail many of us have received and most of us have ignored — that postcard that says if you act quickly you can have the story of your family name and a list of all Americans sharing it for a pre-publication price of $29.95.",
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          "ref": "1999, Helen Fielding, “[Jellyfish at Large] Wednesday 29 January”, in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 47:",
          "text": "Does make me feel a bit feeble though, if mother is online and I’m not. I was on it but a company called GBH sent me 677 identical junkmails by mistake and have not been able to get any sense out of it since.",
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          "ref": "2014, Sonya Hartnett, Golden Boys, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 118:",
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