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dreck

  [drek]
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–noun Slang.
1. excrement; dung.
2. worthless trash; junk.
Also, drek.

Origin:
1920–25; < Yiddish drek; c. G Dreck filth; cf. OE threax, ON threkkr excrement
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dreck   (drěk)   
n.   Slang
Trash, especially inferior merchandise.

[German, dirt, trash and Yiddish drek, excrement, both from Middle High German drec, from Old High German; see sker-3 in Indo-European roots.]
dreck'y adj.
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dreck 
"filth, trash," 1922, from Yiddish drek (Ger. dreck), from M.H.G. drec, from P.Gmc. þrekka (cf. O.E. þreax "rubbish," O.Fris. threkk), probably connected to Gk. skatos "dung," L. stercus "excrement."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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