FRITZ


Meaning of FRITZ in English

■ noun (in phr. go (or be ) on the ~ ) 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.

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