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Etymology

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From scrap +‎ -man.

Noun

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scrapman (plural scrapmen)

  1. A scrap dealer.
    • 2018, Derek Schilling, Screening the Paris suburbs: From the silent era to the 1990s:
      The other women and children living among the scrapmen are treated with respect.
    • 2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 33:
      For the others, storage awaits. Some are already on Death Row. Two sets have already been identified for a one-way trip to Newport Docks and a date with the scrapman's torch, with more to follow.