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“schlocks”
1. Something; such as, merchandise or literature that is inferior or of low quality or value: The novel that Bert started to read contained contents which were nothing but schlock and so he threw the book into the trash.
2. Etymology: from Yiddish shlak, "cheap, shoddy, or inferior; related to German Schlacke, Schlag, "dregs, scum, dross."

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2. Etymology: from Yiddish shlak, "cheap, shoddy, or inferior; related to German Schlacke, Schlag, "dregs, scum, dross."

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