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Spiel   /spil/   Listen
Spiel

noun
1.
Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).  Synonyms: line of gab, patter.



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"Spiel" Quotes from Famous Books



... in making such an appeal to the hangman, the witch never imagined the roast that was to be made of her, and puts in, by way of parenthesis, "was not that fine fun!—was das war fuer ein Spiel!" As feathers thrown into the air shew how the wind blows, so this trumpery ballad serves to shew the current of popular feeling at ...
— Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds • Charles Mackay

... our news together," suggested the other cheerfully. "You tell them you think Weaver is in her room, and I'll tell them my little spiel." ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine

... 105. Davidisches Psalter Spiel der Kinder Zions, etc. (Psalms after the manner of David, for the Children of Zion: a Collection of old and newly selected Spiritual Songs, brought together for the Use of all Souls desirous of Healing, and Sucklings of Wisdom; ...
— The Communistic Societies of the United States • Charles Nordhoff

... the second piano suite (op. 14)—begun in the days of his Darmstadt professorship; the "Serenade" (op. 16); the two "Fantasiestuecke" of op. 17: "Erzaehlung" and the much-played "Hexentanz"; the "Barcarolle" and "Humoreske" of op. 18; and the "Wald-Idyllen" (op. 19): "Waldesstille," "Spiel der Nymphen," ...
— Edward MacDowell • Lawrence Gilman

... winden dir den Jungfernkranz Mit veilchenblauer Seide; Wir fuehren dich zu Spiel und ...
— Home Life in Germany • Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick



Words linked to "Spiel" :   reprize, patter, communication channel, modulate, line, bang out, bugle, speak, tongue, jazz, misplay, reprise, fiddle, prelude, recapitulate, replay, riff, line of gab, spiel off, repeat, talk, re-create, slur, play, channel, rag



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