shtick

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This shtick was a staple throughout the Moore Bonds, but it reached its dubious climax in A View to a Kill when Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) drops an uncooperative flunkie off of his blimp.

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  1. noun Slang A characteristic attribute, talent, or trait that is helpful in securing recognition or attention: waiters in tropical attire are part of the restaurant's shtick.
  2. noun Slang An entertainment routine or gimmick.

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  • Lenny spritzed shtick -- fag Castro gropes fag Ike at the All-Fag Summit!!!! —  American Tabloid
  • A few teachers took me aside and told me my shtick wasn't funny. —  My Dark Places
  • Bob Yeakel opened for me -- shtick featuring "Peaches, The Drag Queen With An Overbite." —  Hollywood Nocturne
  • This shtick was a staple throughout the Moore Bonds, but it reached its dubious climax in A View to a Kill when Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) drops an uncooperative flunkie off of his blimp. —  Mania News Feed
  • The shtick is anti-gay, anti-Jewish, anti-women. —  CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2006
 

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  1. Yiddish shtik, piece, routine, from Middle High German stücke, piece, from Old High German stukki, crust, fragment.
 

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