schlock

or shlock

[ shlok ]

adjective
  1. Also schlocky. cheap; trashy: a schlock store.

noun
  1. something of cheap or inferior quality; junk.

Origin of schlock

1
First recorded in 1910–15; apparently from Yiddish shlak “apoplectic stroke, evil, nuisance, wretch” (compare Middle High German slac(g) “blow”; see slay); development of the English sense is unclear

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British Dictionary definitions for schlock

schlock

/ (ʃlɒk) mainly US slang /


noun
  1. goods or produce of cheap or inferior quality; trash

adjective
  1. cheap, inferior, or trashy

Origin of schlock

1
Yiddish: damaged merchandise, probably from German Schlag a blow; related to slay

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