schlockmeister
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schlockmeister
1960–65, schlock + Yiddish mayster or German Meister master craftsman; Middle High German meister, Old High German meistar < Latin magister; master
Example Sentences
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The show also made room for, say, a segment in which John Waters exchanged notes with the gore schlockmeister Herschell Gordon Lewis and an entire episode about animals in film.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018
The ’60s and ’70s genius, I thought, had devolved into a lamentable schlockmeister.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2016
Hoving's seriousness is that of the born schlockmeister.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prolific composer who gave us Jekyll & Hyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel is routinely dismissed as an easy-listening schlockmeister by the discerning critics.
From Time Magazine Archive
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