autopurkamo

Finnish

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Definitions
  • wreck yard, wrecking yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, junkyard, breaker's yard, scrapheap, scrapyard location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought for recycling

Etymology

Compound from Finnish auto (car, automobile, vehicle, motorcar, truck) + Finnish purkaa (dismantle).

Origin

Finnish

purkaa

Gloss

dismantle

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