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shakings

shakings noun: the sweepings from a ship's deck, consisting of leftover cordage, canvas, etc. Also the plural of shaking.

Noun

shakings

  1. The sweepings from a ship's deck, consisting of leftover cordage, canvas, etc.

Also used as

shakings is also the plural of shaking.

Questions about shakings

What does shakings mean?
Shakings means the sweepings from a ship's deck, consisting of leftover cordage, canvas, etc.
What part of speech is shakings?
Shakings is a noun.

Words near shakings in the dictionary

  1. shaking the pagoda tree
  2. shaking the plum tree
  3. shaking together
  4. shaking up
  5. shakingly
  6. shakings
  7. Shakir
  8. Shakira
  9. Shakirs
  10. shako
  11. shakoes

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