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Examples
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This is what sailors calls shakin 'hands, and wishin' good luck, this firin 'salutes.
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If one day I have ham and bacon, and the next day, ain't nothin 'shakin'
B.B. King Lyrics 2009
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If one day I have ham and bacon, and the next day, ain't nothin 'shakin'
Ain't Nobody's Bizness (Version 1) Porter Grainger 1990
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"What in the name of common sense is the matter with you?" said he, gettin 'up, an' shakin 'the stoor aff his hat.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Now lend a hand there unloadin 'them cars, and quit that everlastin' shakin '.
Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923
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I makes a pint o 'shakin' the bones till they rattles jolly.
Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates Julia McCune Flory 1906
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Then he sort of come to, an 'shakin' hands -- mind you, shakin 'hands with Oldrin' -- he went out.
Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1905
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You're jus 'shakin', but oh no -- you don 'want to go to no doctor!
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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'Beg y' pardon, sir, 'he said,' but would you would you min 'shakin'
Under the Deodars Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I was blowin 'on me hands for the cowld an' shakin 'wid fright o' bein 'me lone there; an' not a hundred yards between me an 'that place where the ould Admiral's ghost walks.
Love of Brothers Katharine Tynan 1896
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