back junk

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large log placed at the back of a wood fire to make it last.

Quotations

1958

Huge fire places are filled with "back junk" -- usually the largest tree in the forest that will burn through the 12 days of Christmas. . . .

1958

On Christmas Eve, therefore, the "backjunk" blazed higher and brighter than usual in the big, open fireplaces.