fritz
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fritz/frɪts/
▶noun (in phr. go (or be) on the fritz) N. Amer. informal (of a machine) stop working properly.
– origin early 20th cent.: said to be with allusion to cheap German imports into the US before the First World War.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Fritz/frɪts/
▶noun Brit. informal, dated a German or the German people collectively, especially a soldier in the First World War.
– origin abbrev. of the Ger. given name Friedrich.
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