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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Word of the Day ~ Schlockmeister

schlockmeister


PRONUNCIATION:
(SHLOK-my-stuhr)                  

MEANING:
noun: One who deals in inferior goods.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Yiddish shlak (evil, nuisance) + German Meister (master). Earliest documented use: 1965.

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