junkmailとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

junkmail (countable and uncountable, plural junkmails)

1. Alternative spelling of junk mail.
   • 1996, Fred L. Gardaphé, “An ‘Amazing’ Debut: Bill Tonelli”, in Dagoes Read: Tradition and the Italian/American Writer (Essay Series; 25), Toronto, Ont.: Guernica Editions Inc., →ISBN, page 214:

     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.

   • 1999, Helen Fielding, “[Jellyfish at Large] Wednesday 29 January”, in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 47:

     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.

   • 2014, Sonya Hartnett, Golden Boys, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 118:

     He has knocked the pile of junkmail from the counter, and the catalogues have slipped under the table and lodged among triangles of shattered plate.

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