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romu

“romu” is an Estonian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. an especially old, rusted, or otherwise bad car
  2. scrap, junk, any old or rusted metal object

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish romu. Until the late 20th century, the word was restricted to colloquial speech.

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