schlockmeister

American  

[shlok-mahy-ster] / ˈʃlɒkˌmaɪ stər /

noun

Slang.

1. a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.

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Etymology

Origin of schlockmeister

1960–65, schlock + Yiddish mayster or German Meister master craftsman; Middle High German meister, Old High German meistar < Latin magister; master

Example Sentences

But high art was never his ambition, and his sensibility in his waning years was closer to schlockmeisters like Russ Meyer than provocateurs like Arbus.

From Washington Post

The show also made room for, say, a segment in which John Waters exchanged notes with the gore schlockmeister Herschell Gordon Lewis and an entire episode about animals in film.

From New York Times

While this was, indeed, a technical process that involved a great deal of skill and care, audiences eventually lumped it in with schlockmeisters like William Castle buzzing seats for the Vincent Price film The Tingler.

From The Guardian

Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women — so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes.

From Newsweek

After years of rejection, the 1970s glam rock band Kiss, derided by its many critics as schlockmeisters but with a large and passionate fan base known as the Kiss Army, is finally getting in.

From New York Times