junque

junque
 n.β€” Β«There is junk mail and there is junque mail, the classy kind whose entertainment value far exceeds its bulk rate status.Β» β€”β€œJunk Mail Delivers Odd Offer” by J.E. McReynolds Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Sept. 26, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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