Question of the Day #829

Johnny Toronto brings his schtick for kids to Timmins and Cochrane, and it’s free

From the headline of this article at My Timmins Now.

  上記の文で、schtickの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "schtick" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈俗〉お決まりのギャグ［芸・滑稽な場面］、ギャグ
2. 〈俗〉〔その人の特徴をよく表す〕特技、才能、仕事、趣味

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. a usually comic or repetitious performance or routine: BIT
2. one's special trait, interest, or activity: BAG

   

Examples

• he's alive and well and now doing his shtick out in Hollywood — Robert Daley
• Pratfalls and other physical gags are typical of Carey's shtick.
• Other considerations included pay for additional make-up and rehearsal time as well as for participation in non-musical visual shtick.
• His comic shtick, like Doctor Brown's, involves the audience in a clever and subversive series of sometimes embarrassing visual jokes. - The Guardian; Aug 26, 2012
• This shtick, Midler reminded everyone, was reminiscent of one of her own classic routines. - The Guardian; Jul 20, 2011

   

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