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spruik

[sprook]

verb (used without object) Australian Slang.

to make or give a speech, especially extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate.

Origin:
1915–20; origin uncertain

Related forms

spruik·er, noun

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spruik (ˈspruːɪk)

—vb
	archaic, slang (Austral) (intr) to speak in public (used esp of a showman or salesman)

[C20: of unknown origin]

'spruiker

—n

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