Ritz [rɪts]
n
1. any very luxurious and expensive establishment: usually used with a negative this isn't the Ritz, you know
put on the Ritz (sometimes not capital) to assume a superior air or make an ostentatious display
[from the luxury hotels created by the Swiss César Ritz (1850-1918)]
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| Noun | 1. |  Ritz - Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918) |
| 2. | ritz - ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz" | |
| 3. | Ritz - an ostentatiously elegant hotel hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
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