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1Shake the Sugar Tree — Infobox Single Name = Shake the Sugar Tree Cover size = Caption = Artist = Pam Tillis from Album = Homeward Looking Angel Released = 1992 Format = CD single Recorded = 1992 Genre = Country Length = 3:08 Label = Arista Writer = Chapin Hartford… …
2To shake the bells — Shake Shake, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.] 1. To cause to move… …
3To shake the sails — Shake Shake, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.] 1. To cause to move… …
4shake the pagoda tree — obsolete to make a rapid fortune in India Punning on the pagoda, an Indian gold coin: ... won handsome fortunes by Shaking the Pagoda Tree , by the private trade that then was permitted to John Company s servants. {Spectator, 1912,… …
5shake the pagoda tree — verb to find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time …
6shake — vb 1 Shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither are comparable when they mean to exhibit vibratory, wavering, or oscillating movement often as an evidence of instability. Shake, the ordinary and …
7Shake — Shake, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.] 1. To cause to move with… …
8The Magician's Nephew —   …
9The Water Is Wide (song) — The Water Is Wide (also called O Waly, Waly ) is a folk song of Scottish or English origin that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable popularity through to the 21st century. It is related to Child Ballad 204 (Roud number 87),… …
10The British Empire in fiction — The British Empire has often been portrayed in fiction. Originally such works described the Empire because it was a contemporary part of life; nowadays fictional references are also frequently made in a steampunk context.Historical eventsThis… …