shakedown
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Also, shake-down.
Origin:
1490–1500; noun, adj. use of verb phrase shake down
1490–1500; noun, adj. use of verb phrase shake down
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Shakedown
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
shakedown
1730, "impromptu bed made upon loose straw," from shake + 'down. Fig. verbal sense of "blackmail, extort" is attested from 1872, noun meaning "a thorough search" is from 1914; both probably from the notion of measuring corn. The verbal phrase to shake down "cause to
totter and fall" is recorded from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
shakedown definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
For deep-field groups, this requirement is in addition to the equipment shakedown trip.
The video above shows a covert shakedown drive before the car was shown to the public.
My favorite though is the end part which is the inevitable shakedown or threat.
Bow to the shakedown artists and vote for them when they call.
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