dreck

noun \ˈdrek\

: something that is of very bad quality : trash or rubbish

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dreck also drek \ˈdrek\

Yiddish drek & German Dreck, from Middle High German drec; akin to Old English threax rubbish

First Known Use: 1922

Synonyms: chaff, deadwood, debris, garbage (also drek), dross, dust, effluvium (also effluvia), junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste

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