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shtick definition

☆ shtick (s̸htik)

noun

  1. a comic scene or piece of business, as in a vaudeville act
  2. an attention-getting device
  3. a special trait, talent, etc.

Etymology: < E Yiddish shtik, pl., pranks, interpreted as sing. < shtik, lit., piece < MHG stücke

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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