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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ritz/rɪts/

▶noun informal ostentatious luxury and glamour.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Ritz, a proprietary name of luxury hotels, from the name of the Swiss hotel owner César Ritz.

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