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Comic bit (Var.)
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shtik
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n. (alternative spelling of shtick English)
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shtick \shtick\, shtik \shtik\(sht[i^]k), n. [Yiddish, pranks; fr. MHG st["u]cke, pieces.] A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity. (Show business) A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs.
WordNet
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n. (Yiddish) a little; a piece; "give him a shtik cake"; "he's a shtik crazy"; "he played a shtik Beethoven" [syn: shtick , schtik , schtick ] (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; "play it straight ...