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schlockmeister

schlockmeister

1 9.9
A person who makes or sells cheap, low quality goods to make money
  • noun
  • /ˈʃlɑkˌmaɪstər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : vendedor de baratijas
  • The store was filled with items from a schlockmeister, all of them poorly made.

Examples

  • The schlockmeister sold cheap toys that broke after just one use.

  • Crichton, as he deserves, RealClimate rips into that anti-science schlockmeister, Michael Crichton.

    Blog text (16)

  • Never for a schlockmeister like Sam Clark!

    Ray (2004)

  • It's time to pull the rug out from under this disgusting schlockmeister.

    Blog text (28)

  • Everyone knows that the schlockmeister only produces low-quality films for quick profits.

Synonyms

huckster
vsschlockmeister
  • Offensive
12 8.6

A person who sells cheap goods in a pushy or dishonest way

focuses on selling shoddy goods for profit rather than aggressive sales tactics
cheap-jack
vsschlockmeister
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who sells poor-quality goods in a loud, showy way

focuses on profit from shoddy goods without the loud market performance
shlockmeister
vsschlockmeister
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who sells low-quality goods in a flashy, dishonest way

focuses on making profit from poor quality goods rather than showy presentation
slop-seller
vsschlockmeister
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who offers cheap ready-made clothes for working people

is broader and covers any shoddy goods not only clothing or history

Antonyms

artisan
55 4.1

A skilled worker who makes things by hand

How Trustworthy

merchant
203 2.1
vendor
257 2.0
huckster
  • Offensive
12 8.6
schlockmeister
  • Offensive
1 9.9
con artist
40 4.8

Surface Forms

schlockmeister singular
schlockmeisters plural

Morphology

schlockmeister = schlock + meister (semi-transparent) = schlock + meister

The meaning 'producer/seller of schlock' is compositionally clear, but both elements are slang/borrowings and may be unfamiliar to many learners, so predictability is partial.

Etymology

Schlockmeister comes from schlock, a Yiddish and German word for 'cheap, low-quality goods', and meister, a German word meaning 'master' and like the English word 'master'. So a schlockmeister is literally a 'master of junk', which is why we use it for someone who makes or sells low-quality goods, often to make money.