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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

shtick

/(shtĭk)/ · IPA /ʃtɪk/
01 n. A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity.
  1. 1.
    A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity.
  2. 2.
    A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs.(Show business)