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fair shake

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Wendy's Milkshake
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fair shake

 
Use fair shake in a Sentence
–noun Informal.
an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism
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Wendy's Milkshake
You Know When It's Real. See what's fresh right now.
www.wendys.com/food/Menu.jsp
Cedar Shake & Shingles
Buy Direct from the mills of British Columbia
www.DirectCedarSupplies.com
fair shake  
n.   Informal
A fair chance, as at achieving success.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fair shake

  1. n.
    a fair chance. (From shaking dice.) : I want to give you both a fair shake.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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