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Definition of spiel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spiel

noun
 
/ʃpiːl/,
 
/spiːl/
 
/ʃpiːl/,
 
/spiːl/
(informal, usually disapproving)
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  1. a speech that somebody has used many times that is intended to persuade you to believe something or buy something
    • The salesman went into a long spiel about the merits of the new design.
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German Spiel ‘a game’.
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