SCHLOCK


Meaning of SCHLOCK in English

/ ʃlɒk; NAmE ʃlɑːk/ noun

[ U ] ( NAmE , informal ) things that are cheap and of poor quality

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: apparently from Yiddish shlak an apoplectic stroke, shlog wretch, untidy person, apoplectic stroke.

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