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drek

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dreck

  [drek]
–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 [drɛk]

  1. n.
    dirt; garbage; feces. (From German via Yiddish.) : I've had enough of this dreck around here. Clean it up, or I'm leaving.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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