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fritz

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fritz  (frts)
n. Informal
A condition in which something does not work properly: Our television is on the fritz.
[Perhaps from German Fritz, diminutive of the name Friedrich.]
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Hauptmann Fritz Schneider trudged wearily through the somber aisles of the dark forest.
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As for my affections, battered and exhausted as they ought to have been in many literary passions, they never went out with fresher enjoyment than they did to the charming story of 'L'Ami Fritz,' which, when I merely name it, breathes the spring sun and air about me, and fills my senses with the beauty and sweetness of cherry blossoms.
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