10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NO GREAT SHAKES»
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no great shakes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
no great shakes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of Americanism. - New-York, Bartlett 1848
No great shakes. Of no great value ; little worth. Common in England and the
United States. I had my hands full, and my head too, just then [when he wrote to
Ms.rino Faliero], so it can be no great shakes—Lord Byron to llIurray. Yit, if they
their ...
John Russel Bartlett, 1848
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A glossary of words and phrases, ...
I had my hands full, and my head too, just then [when he wrote to Marino Faliero],
so it can be no great shakes. — Lord Byron to Murray. Yit, if they their inquirations
make, In winter time some will Condemn that place as no great shakes Where ...
John Russell Bartlett, 1848
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
great minds think alike humorous said to someone just after you have discovered
that they have had the same idea as you • no great shakes informal not very good
: / m afraid I am no great shakes as a cook/at cooking! ^adverb [before noun] ...
Shakes, in the slang and colloquial phrase " It is no great shakes," meaning it is
nothing to boast of, not worth much, of inferior excellence (it occurs in Byron), has
never, I believe, been satisfactorily explained. It is probable that shakes here is ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
2; DO ANY (N0) GOOD. no great shakes Nothing out of the ordinary, mediocre,
as in I'm afraid the new pitcher is no great shakes, or What I did with this
decorating project was no great shakes. This term possibly alludes to the shaking
of dice, ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
... (OED). ?ex General Winfield Scott, a notoriously fussy candidate-for the
presidency. Cf. dickens!, the. great shakes, no. See no great shakes. Great Silent,
the The Royal Navy: derisive, occ. self-name: WW2. Ex journalistic 'the Silent
Service'.
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
GREAT be no great shakes not be very good, efficient, etc. He 's no great shakes
as a writer. going great guns proceeding vigorously and successfully Her novel is
going great guns. great and small rich and poor, powerful and weak, etc.
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The Chambers Dictionary
great shakes or no great shakes of great account or of no account: shake a tog (
often imperative; colloq) to hurry up, get moving; shake down (slang) to extort
money from by threats or blackmail; to search thoroughly; to frisk (a person for ...
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Who Said That First?: The Curious Origins of Common Words ...
No. great. shakes. The reason for referring to 'shakes' is obscure and may have
arisen from the image of a dice being shaken but only an insignificant number
thrown. 'No great shakes ...
10
The Letter-bag of the
Great Western; of Life in a Steamer
... I shall have a vote in course : hut. it's no use as I hear, for voting is considered
low where it's so common, and there's no thanks where no one nose how you
votes--so reform, it seems, is no great shakes arter all Lord John's flams about it.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, 1840
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NO GREAT SHAKES»
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True, the Rebels ousted Clare from the championship, in the qualifiers, but the 2013 All-Ireland champions were no great shakes this season. «Connacht Tribune Group, Jul 15»
Will toll booths vanish from the Severn Crossing? Government hints …
Ms Morden described Government plans to cut VAT from the toll charge as the “absolute minimum” and “no great shakes”. She said: “Any ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
Ranking the NBA's Northwest Division
Additions Moe Harkless, Al-Farouq Aminu, Ed Davis, Gerald Henderson and Noah Vonleh are no great shakes, but all are capable NBA ... «Basketball Insiders, Jul 15»
Toolbox Murders 2
The LFE is no great shakes, and I mean that literally. There's bass, yeah, but Toolbox Murders 2 doesn't unleash the low-frequency thunder I'm ... «DVD Talk, Jul 15»
A toenail on the property ladder...
“But look on the bright side; the view is no great shakes anyhow, that is, unless you enjoy looking out onto a panorama of used-car showrooms ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
Skyworks Solutions, Alibaba Group, Google and Morgan Stanley …
Then again, 2014 was a flat trading year for Google -- and no great shakes in 2015 until a month ago, either -- who hadn ' t seen a positive ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
Google (GOOGL) Impresses with Q2 Numbers - Analyst Blog
Then again, 2014 was a flat trading year for Google -- and no great shakes in 2015 until a month ago, either -- who hadn't seen a positive ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
Another "IF" The Economy Evolves...
No great shakes here. Yesterday's data cupboard has Industrial Production which printed the first positive number in seven months for June at ... «Daily Reckoning, Jul 15»
Huntingdon soldier said volunteer role at Wimbledon was “a buzz all …
Rowan, aged 35, said: “We take two weeks' leave, but that's no great shakes because Wimbledon takes care of us. It's just a pleasure to be ... «Hunts Post, Jul 15»
Sisters of Swing: The Andrews Sisters Musical shows off local talent
TWO BUFFALOS: Passable, but no great shakes. Either the production is pretty far off base, or the play itself is problematic. Unless you are the ... «Buffalo Rising, Jul 15»
