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- noun battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
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Examples
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"_You_ needn't laugh," he said to Katie, "for you've seen her makin 'pieces out of silk, an' what's the difference between _makin 'pieces_ an' _peacemakin'_?"
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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I dont even know what its called makin love in the early morn or some crap like that, ish.
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Deed then it's a fact, that Nature was ow'r scrimping in makin 'him; she hadna stuff to spare.
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This is what I call makin 'a mistake that is all right, bein' good and bad at the same time. "
Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters 1909
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I guess Bart don't get much rest durin 'makin'-over spells.
Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Maka makin jelas bahawa bukan sahaja sisa kekuatan politik Melayu yang ada ini mahu dikuburkan malah sejarahnya juga mahu dinafikan.
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"'I expec', 'says he,' that they're jus 'makin'-believe -- as we are.
Rudder Grange Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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'Ere I am, old, younger men takin' my place, my clothes gettin 'shabbier an' shabbier, an 'makin' it 'arder every day to get
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There was my mar, she was enough, a-bangin 'the kids about an' makin 'the ole man mis'rable when' e come 'ome, w'ich was seldom, I grant.
A MAN AND THE ABYSS 2010
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There ain't goin 'to be any runnin' out an 'makin' a poison play on the street -- not with all them jools reposin 'under the pillow.
JUST MEAT 2010
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