schlock|meis|ter

schlock|meis|ter: schlock|meis|ter «SHLOK _MYS tuhr», noun. U.S. Slang.

1. a person who supplies giveaway shows, celebrities, or other promoters, with various products in exchange for free advertisement of those products: »A schlockmeister [is] defined in the radio-TV lexicon as “somebody in the business of giving away somebody else's merchandise” (Time).

2. a dealer of cheap or second-hand merchandise.

╂[< schlock + German Meister master]

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ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… … English syllables
schlock — schlock; schlock·meis·ter; … English syllables
meis — hof·meis·ter; ka·pell·meis·ter; meis·sen; meis·ter; schlock·meis·ter; ca·pell·meis·ter; … English syllables
schlockmeister — schlock·meis·ter … English syllables

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