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Spiel   /spil/   Listen
Spiel

noun
1.
Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).  Synonyms: line of gab, patter.
verb
1.
Replay (as a melody).  Synonym: play.  "She played the third movement very beautifully"
2.
Speak at great length (about something).



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"Spiel" Quotes from Famous Books



... upon us, For while we were rubbing him dry The stewards came over to warn us: 'We hear you are running a bye! If Pardon don't spiel like tarnation And win the next heat — if he can — He'll earn a disqualification; Just think over ...
— The Man from Snowy River • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson

... Kindheit war Mein tglich Spiel der Krieg! 10 Im Bette trumt' ich nur Gefahr Und ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol I and II • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

... spirit, Joe," Benno declared, as he returned with the cards and chips. "You don't allow the ground to grow under your feet. Just at present, though, we are going to spiel a little pinocle and ...
— Elkan Lubliner, American • Montague Glass

... shame, Brandt, to shoot an unarmed man! That would be cowardly, and you are no coward! They taught you not such unbillig spiel ...
— A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari - Seven Tales of South-West Africa • Frederick Cornell

... eagerness studied the race— "Great Scott! isn't Abraham forcing the pace— And don't the goat spiel? It is hard to keep sight on him, The sins of the Israelites ride mighty light on him. The scapegoat is leading a furlong or more, And Abraham's tiring—I'll lay six to four! He rolls in his stride; he's done, there's no question!" But here the old Rabbi brought ...
— Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses • A. B. Paterson


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