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English
Etymology
From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
schlock (countable and uncountable, plural schlocks)
- (colloquial, US) Commodity that is shoddy or inferior.
1978, Don DeLillo, Running Dog, New York: Knopf, page 148:Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.
Derived terms
Translations
commodity that is shoddy or inferior
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