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                            Third-class mail, such as unsolicited advertisements and flyers, that is sent indiscriminately. For example, While we were on vacation the front hall filled up with junk mail. [c. 1950]
                        
                        
 
                        
                            American Heritage Idioms
                        
                        
                    
                    
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                            Phrase(s): junk mail 
annoying, unsolicited mail, such as promotional letters, etc.  •  I am so incredibly tired of getting pound after pound of junk mail every day. I could just scream.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs