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shake one's elbow

shake one's elbow verb: to gamble with dice.

Verb

shake one's elbow (third-person singular simple present shakes one's elbow, present participle shaking one's elbow, simple past shook one's elbow, past participle shaken one's elbow)

  1. (archaic, slang) To gamble with dice.
    • When a little after as I passed by (the publick Kitchen just before mentioned) I saw him shaking his Elbow over a Gaming Table.1739, George Whitefield, The Life ... of ... G. W., page 93
    • Come with me this very moment, I will take you to a house where you will see him shaking his elbow in good earnest.1837, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 41, page 520

Forms of shake one's elbow

third-person singular presentshakes one's elbow
present participleshaking one's elbow
pastshook one's elbow
past participleshaken one's elbow

Questions about shake one's elbow

What does shake one's elbow mean?
Shake one's elbow means to gamble with dice.
What part of speech is shake one's elbow?
Shake one's elbow is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake one's elbow?
The past tense of shake one's elbow is shook one's elbow.

Words near shake one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. shake maps
  2. shake off
  3. shake off the dust from one's feet
  4. shake on it
  5. shake one's ass
  6. shake one's elbow
  7. shake one's head
  8. shake one's hocks
  9. shake out
  10. shake over
  11. shake table

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