It's "fret, ass." In lunfardo it has the same meaning as in Idish, and was brought to America by Jewish immigration. It is the pronunciation of the Germanized Tuches spelling for Hebrew 1514; 1495; 1514; ( "fret , low" ) . See tuche, tuje.
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