See shtick on Wiktionary
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"masculine"
],
"word": "truque"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "gimmick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ardil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trjuk",
"sense": "gimmick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "трюк"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fókus",
"sense": "gimmick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фо́кус"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gimmick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "numerito"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "gimmick",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "truco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "gimmick",
"word": "gag"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shtik",
"sense": "gimmick",
"word": "שטיק"
}
],
"word": "shtick"
}
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