The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
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(noun) (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating; “how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?”
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(noun) (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; “his shtik made us laugh”
shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
(noun) (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention; “play it straight with no shtik”
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(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shtik (plural shtiks)
Alternative spelling of shtick
• kiths
Source: Wiktionary
2 June 2023
(noun) T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.