An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schund

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Schund
Friedrich Kluge2509851An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schund1891John Francis Davis

Schund, m., ‘offal, refuse, excrement,’ ModHG. only, recently derived from schinden. Orig. perhaps ‘filth of the sewer.’