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dreck

noun
/dɹɛk/

Etymology

From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).

  1. derived from *(s)terǵ-✻
  2. derived from *þrakjaz✻
  3. derived from *þraki✻
  4. derived from *threc✻
  5. derived from drek
  6. borrowed from דרעק

Definitions

  1. trash

    trash; worthless merchandise.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA