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dreck

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dreck  (drk)
n. Slang
Trash, especially inferior merchandise.
[German, dirt, trash and Yiddish drek, excrement, both from Middle High German drec, from Old High German; see sker-3 in Indo-European roots.]
drecky adj.
dreck [drɛk]
n
Slang chiefly US rubbish; trash
[from Yiddish drek filth, dregs]
drecky  adj
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Noun1.dreck - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
schlock, shlock
merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"


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