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‖ shtook slang.|ʃtʊk|
Also schtook, schtuck, shtuck, etc.
[Origin unknown: app. not a Yiddish word.]
Trouble; esp. in phr. in (dead) shtook.
1936G. Ingram Muffled Man iv. 68, I to come to you if I'm in ‘stook’. 1960News Chron. 16 Feb. 6 In fact, I'm in shtook. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard 280 The filth, who was supposed to be in dead shtook, was sitting there like he owned the gaff. 1971F. Norman Dodger-Greaser vii. 136 It'd be a terrible fing if none or us could 'elp each uvva aht nar an' then wen we're in dead schtook. 1975Observer 27 Apr. 33/1 The scheme went awry, landing David in shtuck with the Law and jeopardising his lucrative future. 1978J. Gardner Dancing Dodo xxxi. 246 You know I'm in schtuck with my bosses. |