FRITZ


Meaning of FRITZ in English

/ frɪts; NAmE / noun

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IDIOMS

- on the fritz

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WORD ORIGIN

early 20th cent.: said to be a use of Fritz , with allusion to cheap German imports into the US before the First World War.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.