Green’s Dictionary of Slang

junk, rubbish, usu. of food.

1953		Commentary on the Amer. Scene 170: All week they ate in restaurants, you don’t know what chazerei.
1960		M.S. Kaufman Thy Daughter’s Nakedness 494: I never went in for all the religious chazerei [...] but I still knew that some things were wrong.
1971		J. Bernardi My Father, the Actor 154: This chazerei you eat is poison for your system.
1982		A. Naiman Every Goy’s Guide 20: The word chazerei always brings to my mind those greasy orange-colored cheese puffs ... What are you eating that chazerei for? Here, have a piece of fruit.
1998		J. Kellerman Billy Straight 250: Real chazerei. Entenmann’s chocolate- covered cake doughnuts, still unopened, hidden behind some old prayer books.
2002		K. Kaufman ‘Winter Olympics’ at Salon.com 18 Feb. 🌐 I’d put up with that figure skating chazerai every winter if it meant I got to watch Olympic hockey too.