Fritzn.¹adj.

Brit.

/frɪts/, U.S.

/frɪts/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fritz.

Etymology: < Fritz, pet form of the German male forename Friedrich.Compare earlier use as a generic name for a German, and also old Fritz as a nickname of Frederick II of Prussia (after German der alte Fritz):1838 T. Power St Patrick's Eve i. i. 6 Good, says old Fritz [i.e. Frederick II King of Prussia], where's Captain Gustavus?1883 G. Meredith Let. 1 Feb. (1970) II. 684 Many of your friends have bitterly deplored the German Inundation... But..let each have his time—Fritz after Alphonse.

colloquial (offensive).Chiefly used during or with reference to the First World War (1914–18); in the Second World War (1939–45) largely replaced by Jerry (Jerry n.³). Usually less derogatory than related terms such as Kraut (Kraut n. 2a), Boche (Boche n.), and Hun (Hun n.¹ 3).

A. n.¹

1. A German; esp. a German soldier. Also: a German aircraft or vessel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun]

Almainc1330

Dutchmana1387

Germana1387

High Dutchmana1450

Hans1569

Muff1585

Teutonic1638

Herr1653

Dutcher1671

mein Herr1796

Teuton1833

Dutchy1834

sour-crout1841

Fritz1887

sausage1890

Heinie1904

Boche1914

Fritzie1915

Hun1915

Jerry1916

sauerkraut-eater1918

sausage-eater1918

sale Boche1919

Volksdeutsche1937

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German

Hessian1729

Kraut1862

Fritz1887

Heinie1904

Fritzie1915

strafer1915

Jerry1916

pickelhaube1931

feldgrau1934

Ted1947

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > a particular species of weapon > German

Fritz1887

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 5/1 The waiters are all clean and relatively civil Fritzes.

1915 Sphere 28 Aug. 229/1 ‘Fritz’ is the name our men have given to the latest air creation of Germany.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiii. 235 Fritz was the ubiquitous Hun submarine... Occasionally, to vary the monotony, they called him Hans, Adolf, Karl,..but more often than not he was just Fritz.

1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 An effective bombardment of the enemy's lines or a successful trench raid [is] described by Tommy as ‘strafing the Fritzes’.

1919 J. B. Morton Barber of Putney xiv. 228 Anyone'd think you was the first bloke that ever done a Fritz in.

1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxvi. 261 I gathered he was more of a collaborateur than anything else. He praised you Fritzes up to the skies.

2012 H. Turtledove Coup d'Etat (2013) 252 He wanted to have a mortar team here, for instance. Wouldn't that make the Fritzes howl!

2. With singular agreement. Germans, esp. German soldiers, collectively.

ΚΠ

1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 11 June in In Happy Memory 174 We all focussed on Fritz, now unconcernedly strolling along beside the trench, three of him.

1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 54 At night it seemed probable that a patrol of a few brave men could crawl right up to the German wire and listen, or by setting foot in them enquire whether ‘Fritz’ was at home in his trenches or no.

1920 Engin. News-Record 9 Dec. 1149/1 The battling armies, Doughboys, Tommies, Fritz and others returned to their own unscathed firesides.

1931 Leatherneck Feb. 47 It's just when you least expect it that old Fritz slips you a pickle loaded with TNT.

2000 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 21/5 Niemann received reports early on Christmas Day that Fritz and Tommies had joined each other in no-man's-land.

B. adj. (attributive).

German.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective]

Germanic1539

German1548

Germanical1560

Almanie1564

Dutchkin1576

Teutonic1647

Almain1665

transrhenanea1727

Germanish1796

Hun1820

Dutchy1862

Kraut1911

Gretchen1913

Boche1914

Hunnish1915

Fritz1919

1919 E. P. F. Lynch Somme Mud (2008) xiii. 45 Fritz artillery has been shelling the railway embankment all day.

1922 A. E. Tomlinson Candour 35 A Fritz gas-shell Leaves more behind In the way of rind.

1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders lxi. 827 Their faces [were] painted under the German-shaped Fritz helmets.

2003 Tristan Betrayal (2004) 61 This evening, some Fritz soldier gave up his seat for me on the Métro, but I refused to accept it.

2012 M. Morpurgo Medal for Leroy 146 No Fritz bullet's going to catch me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fritzn.²

Brit.

/frɪts/, U.S.

/frɪts/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fritz.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently ultimately < Fritz, pet form of the German male forename Friedrich (see Fritz n.¹), although the motivation for its use in the constructions exemplified here is uncertain and disputed.With on the fritz perhaps compare on the blink at blink n.² 1d. This may show a special use of Fritz n.¹ reflecting prejudice against German people and products, although if so the construction of the phase would be unusual, and evidence to confirm this has not been found. It has been suggested that on the fritz immediately reflects the name of the cartoon character Fritz , one of the main protagonists (with his twin Hans) of the popular long-running cartoon strip The Katzenjammer Kids , created by German-born American cartoonist Rudolph Dirks (1877–1968), which debuted on 12 December 1897 in the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal ; plots are based on the mischievous and anarchic antics of the twins, whose dialogue is written in a representation of U.S. English spoken with a German accent. However, supporting evidence for this theory is also lacking. It has alternatively been proposed that this word may be imitative of the sound of a faulty electrical connection or of a fuse blowing (compare e.g. to go phut at phut adv.); although the earliest examples are not in the context of machinery, this association may have reinforced the word in later use. Attested earliest in representations of the speech of individuals from New York, in early use often in on de fritz (compare e.g. quot. 1900¹ at sense 1a).

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

a. on the fritz: in an unsatisfactory or defective state or condition; (now) esp. (of a machine, device, etc.) out of order, broken. to go on the fritz: to stop working properly. Cf. on the blink at blink n.² 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to

astintc700

stathea1200

atstuntc1220

to put an end toa1300

to set end ofa1300

batec1300

stanch1338

stinta1350

to put awayc1350

arrestc1374

finisha1375

terminec1390

achievea1393

cease1393

removec1405

terminate?a1425

stop1426

surceasec1435

resta1450

discontinue1474

adetermine1483

blina1500

stay1525

abrogatea1529

suppressa1538

to set in or at stay1538

to make stay of1572

depart1579

check1581

intercept1581

to give a stop toa1586

dirempt1587

date1589

period1595

astayc1600

nip1600

to break off1607

snape1631

sist1635

to make (a) stop of1638

supersede1643

assopiatea1649

periodizea1657

unbusya1657

to put a stop to1679

to give the holla to1681

to run down1697

cessate1701

end1737

to choke off1818

stopper1821

punctuate1825

to put a stopper on1828

to take off ——1845

still1850

to put the lid on1873

on the fritz1900

to close down1903

to put the fritz on something1910

to put the bee on1918

switch1921

to blow the whistle on1934

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > useless [phrase] > unserviceable

out of order1530

out of commission1533

out of tune1638

on the blink1901

on the fritz1924

1900 Star of Hope 25 Aug. ii. 168/1 Now you tell me ‘to lend you my ears.’ Now all dis kind of talk is on de fritz, see? And if you want me to rap to you, you've got to talk plain English, Sing Sing English. See?

1900 Cincinnati Enquirer 28 Oct. 26/7 It's dese yer hold-outs wot queers de game an' puts de marridge institootin on de fritz.

1911 S. Ford Torchy 309 What happened to Europe; was it on the fritz?

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 122 Everything's on the fritz nowadays.

1946 Billboard 28 Sept. 52/3 The rear of Lew Hamilton's car went on the fritz.

1962 Guardian 11 Apr. 9/2 It appeared, for an awful moment, that a cue had failed, that the teleprompter was on the fritz.

1990 D. Duane Doctor's Orders iv. 91 Spock, your damn scanner's gone on the fritz, again.

2008 Independent 22 Mar. (Mag.) 11/1 The boiler had been on the fritz for the past few days.

b. to put (something) on the fritz: to spoil, put a stop to (something). Also: to cause (a machine, device, etc.) to stop working properly.

ΚΠ

1902 Washington Post 19 Oct. 19/6 They gave an open air [performance] that put our opera house show on the Fritz.

1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 359 What with me ketchin' 'em cookin' spaghetti on the gas an' tearin' up the bedspreads to use fur makeup towels, they're puttin' the place on the fritz!

1943 N. Coward Don't let's be Beastly to Germans in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 207/3 When we've got 'em yelling ‘Uncle’, don't put Fritzie on the fritz; Lend them plenty so in twenty years they'll Start another Blitz.

1977 Waterloo (Iowa) Courier 7 Apr. 4/6 In 1949 a flock of starlings put it [sc. Big Ben] on the fritz.

2005 Panama City (Florida) News-Herald 23 Sept. 32/4 A freak lightning strike puts slot machines on the fritz.

2. to put the fritz on something: to spoil or put a stop to something.In quot. 1910: to snub someone.

ΚΠ

1910 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Daily Herald 3 Aug. Manitowoc's leading literary society is about to enter upon another year and still we have not been asked to join. (Sobs.) They have put the fritz on us.

1915 Indianapolis Star 1 Jan. 6/3 Were I a legislator..I'd put the fritz on Demon Rum.

1951 Billboard 30 June 51/1 Now he's trying to put the ‘Fritz’ on the government's admission tax for kiddie rides.

1968 R. H. R. Smithies Shoplifter (1969) vii. 151 It's Mother's plan to put the fritz on shoplifting.

2004 V. Rainey Salt Lake City (ed. 4) 7/1 These fluctuations don't occur often enough to put the fritz on any of your outdoor plans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fritz
释义	Fritzn.¹adj. Brit. /frɪts/, U.S. /frɪts/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fritz. Etymology: < Fritz, pet form of the German male forename Friedrich.Compare earlier use as a generic name for a German, and also old Fritz as a nickname of Frederick II of Prussia (after German der alte Fritz):1838 T. Power St Patrick's Eve i. i. 6 Good, says old Fritz [i.e. Frederick II King of Prussia], where's Captain Gustavus?1883 G. Meredith Let. 1 Feb. (1970) II. 684 Many of your friends have bitterly deplored the German Inundation... But..let each have his time—Fritz after Alphonse. colloquial (offensive).Chiefly used during or with reference to the First World War (1914–18); in the Second World War (1939–45) largely replaced by Jerry (Jerry n.³). Usually less derogatory than related terms such as Kraut (Kraut n. 2a), Boche (Boche n.), and Hun (Hun n.¹ 3). A. n.¹ 1. A German; esp. a German soldier. Also: a German aircraft or vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [noun] Almainc1330 Dutchmana1387 Germana1387 High Dutchmana1450 Hans1569 Muff1585 Teutonic1638 Herr1653 Dutcher1671 mein Herr1796 Teuton1833 Dutchy1834 sour-crout1841 Fritz1887 sausage1890 Heinie1904 Boche1914 Fritzie1915 Hun1915 Jerry1916 sauerkraut-eater1918 sausage-eater1918 sale Boche1919 Volksdeutsche1937 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German Hessian1729 Kraut1862 Fritz1887 Heinie1904 Fritzie1915 strafer1915 Jerry1916 pickelhaube1931 feldgrau1934 Ted1947 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > a particular species of weapon > German Fritz1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 June 5/1 The waiters are all clean and relatively civil Fritzes. 1915 Sphere 28 Aug. 229/1 ‘Fritz’ is the name our men have given to the latest air creation of Germany. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiii. 235 Fritz was the ubiquitous Hun submarine... Occasionally, to vary the monotony, they called him Hans, Adolf, Karl,..but more often than not he was just Fritz. 1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 An effective bombardment of the enemy's lines or a successful trench raid [is] described by Tommy as ‘strafing the Fritzes’. 1919 J. B. Morton Barber of Putney xiv. 228 Anyone'd think you was the first bloke that ever done a Fritz in. 1955 J. Thomas No Banners xxvi. 261 I gathered he was more of a collaborateur than anything else. He praised you Fritzes up to the skies. 2012 H. Turtledove Coup d'Etat (2013) 252 He wanted to have a mortar team here, for instance. Wouldn't that make the Fritzes howl! 2. With singular agreement. Germans, esp. German soldiers, collectively. ΚΠ 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 11 June in In Happy Memory 174 We all focussed on Fritz, now unconcernedly strolling along beside the trench, three of him. 1919 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 54 At night it seemed probable that a patrol of a few brave men could crawl right up to the German wire and listen, or by setting foot in them enquire whether ‘Fritz’ was at home in his trenches or no. 1920 Engin. News-Record 9 Dec. 1149/1 The battling armies, Doughboys, Tommies, Fritz and others returned to their own unscathed firesides. 1931 Leatherneck Feb. 47 It's just when you least expect it that old Fritz slips you a pickle loaded with TNT. 2000 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 21/5 Niemann received reports early on Christmas Day that Fritz and Tommies had joined each other in no-man's-land. B. adj. (attributive). German. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Germany > [adjective] Germanic1539 German1548 Germanical1560 Almanie1564 Dutchkin1576 Teutonic1647 Almain1665 transrhenanea1727 Germanish1796 Hun1820 Dutchy1862 Kraut1911 Gretchen1913 Boche1914 Hunnish1915 Fritz1919 1919 E. P. F. Lynch Somme Mud (2008) xiii. 45 Fritz artillery has been shelling the railway embankment all day. 1922 A. E. Tomlinson Candour 35 A Fritz gas-shell Leaves more behind In the way of rind. 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders lxi. 827 Their faces [were] painted under the German-shaped Fritz helmets. 2003 Tristan Betrayal (2004) 61 This evening, some Fritz soldier gave up his seat for me on the Métro, but I refused to accept it. 2012 M. Morpurgo Medal for Leroy 146 No Fritz bullet's going to catch me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fritzn.² Brit. /frɪts/, U.S. /frɪts/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Fritz. Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently ultimately < Fritz, pet form of the German male forename Friedrich (see Fritz n.¹), although the motivation for its use in the constructions exemplified here is uncertain and disputed.With on the fritz perhaps compare on the blink at blink n.² 1d. This may show a special use of Fritz n.¹ reflecting prejudice against German people and products, although if so the construction of the phase would be unusual, and evidence to confirm this has not been found. It has been suggested that on the fritz immediately reflects the name of the cartoon character Fritz , one of the main protagonists (with his twin Hans) of the popular long-running cartoon strip The Katzenjammer Kids , created by German-born American cartoonist Rudolph Dirks (1877–1968), which debuted on 12 December 1897 in the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal ; plots are based on the mischievous and anarchic antics of the twins, whose dialogue is written in a representation of U.S. English spoken with a German accent. However, supporting evidence for this theory is also lacking. It has alternatively been proposed that this word may be imitative of the sound of a faulty electrical connection or of a fuse blowing (compare e.g. to go phut at phut adv.); although the earliest examples are not in the context of machinery, this association may have reinforced the word in later use. Attested earliest in representations of the speech of individuals from New York, in early use often in on de fritz (compare e.g. quot. 1900¹ at sense 1a). colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. a. on the fritz: in an unsatisfactory or defective state or condition; (now) esp. (of a machine, device, etc.) out of order, broken. to go on the fritz: to stop working properly. Cf. on the blink at blink n.² 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to astintc700 stathea1200 atstuntc1220 to put an end toa1300 to set end ofa1300 batec1300 stanch1338 stinta1350 to put awayc1350 arrestc1374 finisha1375 terminec1390 achievea1393 cease1393 removec1405 terminate?a1425 stop1426 surceasec1435 resta1450 discontinue1474 adetermine1483 blina1500 stay1525 abrogatea1529 suppressa1538 to set in or at stay1538 to make stay of1572 depart1579 check1581 intercept1581 to give a stop toa1586 dirempt1587 date1589 period1595 astayc1600 nip1600 to break off1607 snape1631 sist1635 to make (a) stop of1638 supersede1643 assopiatea1649 periodizea1657 unbusya1657 to put a stop to1679 to give the holla to1681 to run down1697 cessate1701 end1737 to choke off1818 stopper1821 punctuate1825 to put a stopper on1828 to take off ——1845 still1850 to put the lid on1873 on the fritz1900 to close down1903 to put the fritz on something1910 to put the bee on1918 switch1921 to blow the whistle on1934 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > useless [phrase] > unserviceable out of order1530 out of commission1533 out of tune1638 on the blink1901 on the fritz1924 1900 Star of Hope 25 Aug. ii. 168/1 Now you tell me ‘to lend you my ears.’ Now all dis kind of talk is on de fritz, see? And if you want me to rap to you, you've got to talk plain English, Sing Sing English. See? 1900 Cincinnati Enquirer 28 Oct. 26/7 It's dese yer hold-outs wot queers de game an' puts de marridge institootin on de fritz. 1911 S. Ford Torchy 309 What happened to Europe; was it on the fritz? 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 122 Everything's on the fritz nowadays. 1946 Billboard 28 Sept. 52/3 The rear of Lew Hamilton's car went on the fritz. 1962 Guardian 11 Apr. 9/2 It appeared, for an awful moment, that a cue had failed, that the teleprompter was on the fritz. 1990 D. Duane Doctor's Orders iv. 91 Spock, your damn scanner's gone on the fritz, again. 2008 Independent 22 Mar. (Mag.) 11/1 The boiler had been on the fritz for the past few days. b. to put (something) on the fritz: to spoil, put a stop to (something). Also: to cause (a machine, device, etc.) to stop working properly. ΚΠ 1902 Washington Post 19 Oct. 19/6 They gave an open air [performance] that put our opera house show on the Fritz. 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 359 What with me ketchin' 'em cookin' spaghetti on the gas an' tearin' up the bedspreads to use fur makeup towels, they're puttin' the place on the fritz! 1943 N. Coward Don't let's be Beastly to Germans in Compl. Lyrics (1998) 207/3 When we've got 'em yelling ‘Uncle’, don't put Fritzie on the fritz; Lend them plenty so in twenty years they'll Start another Blitz. 1977 Waterloo (Iowa) Courier 7 Apr. 4/6 In 1949 a flock of starlings put it [sc. Big Ben] on the fritz. 2005 Panama City (Florida) News-Herald 23 Sept. 32/4 A freak lightning strike puts slot machines on the fritz. 2. to put the fritz on something: to spoil or put a stop to something.In quot. 1910: to snub someone. ΚΠ 1910 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Daily Herald 3 Aug. Manitowoc's leading literary society is about to enter upon another year and still we have not been asked to join. (Sobs.) They have put the fritz on us. 1915 Indianapolis Star 1 Jan. 6/3 Were I a legislator..I'd put the fritz on Demon Rum. 1951 Billboard 30 June 51/1 Now he's trying to put the ‘Fritz’ on the government's admission tax for kiddie rides. 1968 R. H. R. Smithies Shoplifter (1969) vii. 151 It's Mother's plan to put the fritz on shoplifting. 2004 V. Rainey Salt Lake City (ed. 4) 7/1 These fluctuations don't occur often enough to put the fritz on any of your outdoor plans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1887n.²1900
随便看	re-emphasized re-emphasizing re-emplacement re-employ re-employed re-employing re-employment re-employments re-empower re-enable re-enablement re-enabling re-enact re-enacter re-enacting re-enaction re-enactment re-enactment society re-enactor re-enamor re-enamour re-enchain re-encharge re-encloister re-enclose

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