Contextual Vocabulary Acquisition: "detritus" contexts

1. From the New York Times:
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2. Rich, Frank (2002), "TV Guy", New York Times Magazine (29 December 2002): 22-24.
   [Milton] Berle became "Mr. Television" by recycling the detritus of his countless nights on a vaudeville road that had vanished years earlier: slambang Smith-and-Dale-style skitch comedy, garish drag shenanigans out of "Charley's Aunt," smart-alecky insult humor. Almost none of it was original.