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Ritz, n. (a.)
[The name of the Swiss-born hotelier César Ritz (1850–1918), given to his luxury hotels in Paris, London, New York, and elsewhere.]
a. Used allusively of a large and luxurious hotel, esp. in negative phrases. Also attrib. and as adj.
1910R. Fry Lett. (1972) I. 336, I will not pretend that my cuisine rivals the Ritz. 1922F. Scott Fitzgerald (title) The diamond as big as the Ritz. 1926E. Hemingway Sun also Rises xix. 238 We drove in to Biarritz and left the car outside a very Ritz place. 1928W. S. Maugham Ashenden vi. 93 They came to a tavern in a blind alley, noisome and evil... ‘It's not the Ritz,’ he said, ‘but at this hour of the night it's only in a place like this that we stand a chance of getting something to eat.’ 1942M. Dickens One Pair of Feet vii. 111 A phrase that often sprang, unvoiced, to my lips, was ‘This ain't the ruddy Ritz’. 1960R. Kirkbride Innocent Abroad xii. 87 Lousy as the room was, I was damn' glad to have it... ‘It isn't the Ritz,’ I said. ‘But we got nowhere else to go.’ 1973W. H. Canaway Harry doing Good i. i. 14 The outhouse..was warm and fusty..but..for fifty pence who would expect the Ritz? 1978Vogue Feb. 8/2 Creating charming country house suites with prints, quilting, Roman blinds, pretty colours, real Ritz comfort.
b. Colloq. phr. to put on the ritz, to assume an air of superiority. U.S.
1926R. Lardner in Hearst's Internat. Jan. 33/2 If you mention some really worth while novel like, say, ‘Black Oxen’, they think you're trying to put on the Ritz. 1929I. Berlin Puttin' on the Ritz (song) 3 If you're blue and you don't know what to do Why don't you go where Harlem sits Puttin' On The Ritz. 1945L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya i. 11 You had to put on the ritz downtown, which some of the gals didn't like. 1980H. Luce In Midst of Death iii. 34 We'll have to decide how long we can go on putting on the Ritz in this house. Personally, I'd much rather live in a cottage. |