/ 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.
/ 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.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005