scrap merchant en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of scrap dealer.
Donor locomotives are chosen on account of what works. A locomotive may have been stored for many years, or in the case of 56128 even been sold to a scrap merchant.
2020 December 2, Richard Clinnick, “Fleet News: Class 56s revived, rebuilt and rebooted as GBRf Class 69s”, in Rail, page 29:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scrap merchants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |