dreck
n.— «Dreck. Cheapest quality leather. (Dreck is Yiddish for filth.)» —“Leather Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Members of Suitcase, Bag, and Portfolio Union in Mass., N.J. Lexicon of Trade Jargon , 1938-39. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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