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fritz definition

☆ fritz (frits)

noun

☆ Slang a broken or nonfunctioning state: only in the phrase on the fritz, not in working order

Etymology: < Ger, nickname for Friedrich: orig. meant a German; current sense in allusion to cheap German goods exported to U.S. before WWI

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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