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shtick
noun
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
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ʃtɪk
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noun
(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating
“how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?”
noun
(Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning
“his shtik made us laugh”
noun
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
“play it straight with no shtik”
noun
(Yiddish) a little; a piece
“give him a shtik cake”
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how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?
his shtik made us laugh
play it straight with no shtik
give him a shtik cake
he's a shtik crazy
he played a shtik Beethoven
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