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Definition of Dreck
1. Noun. Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior.
Generic synonyms: Merchandise, Product, Ware
Language type: Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Definition of Dreck
1. Noun. trash, junk; worthless merchandise, crap. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dreck
1. rubbish [n -S] : DRECKY [adj] - See also: rubbish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreck
Literary usage of Dreck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle: Annotated by Thomas Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"A Letter from Betty says: "0 der me! you did not dreck (direct) the paper this
wick and I can do nothing," etc., etc. . . . Yours ever, LETTER 223 JW ..."
2. The German Classics from the Fourth to the Nineteenth Century: With by Friedrich Max Müller, Wilhelm Scherer (1886)
"Wie wir nun mit unserer dreck-Schüte an den ... Donnen frische Häringe gepackt
hatte, zu sehen wäre, so setzte ich ihn geschwind mit etlichen dreck- ..."
3. History of the Lehigh Valley: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most by Mathew Schropp Henry (1860)
"2, or that of dreck Creek.—This is the narrow and straight trough of lower coal
measures confined to the valley of dreck Creek, and to the same depression ..."
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