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shook one's elbow

shook one's elbow is the simple past of shake one's elbow.

Meaning of shake one's elbow

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

Questions about shook one's elbow

What is shook one's elbow the simple past of?
Shook one's elbow is the simple past of shake one's elbow.

Words near shook one's elbow in the dictionary

  1. shook like a leaf
  2. shook off
  3. shook off the dust from one's feet
  4. shook on it
  5. shook one's ass
  6. shook one's elbow
  7. shook one's head
  8. shook out
  9. shook over
  10. shook the dust from one's feet
  11. shook the dust from one's sandals

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