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backjunk
noun
a big piece of wood at the back of a fire CANADA
Better known in the US as a “backlog”, the name of the “backjunk” comes from the pronunciation of “chunk” as “junk”.- On Christmas Eve, therefore, the “backjunk” blazed higher and brighter than usual in the big, open fireplaces. — Michael Harrington, Sea Stories from Newfoundland, p. 117, 1958
- Huge fire places are filled wi “back Junk”–usually the largest tree in the forest that will burn through the 12th days of Christmas — Kingston Whig Standard, 17 December 1958
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