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  • 1Shoo Shoo Baby (aircraft) — Shoo Shoo Baby is the name of a B 17 Flying Fortress in World War II, preserved and on public display. A B 17G 35 BO, serial number 42 32076, and manufactured by Boeing, it was named by her crew for a song made popular by The Andrews Sisters, the …

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  • 2Shoo Shoo Baby — may refer to: *Shoo Shoo Baby (song), a song made popular by The Andrews Sisters *Shoo Shoo Baby (B 17), a restored World War II USAAF B 17G Flying Fortress bomber that is a static display in a museum …

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  • 3shoo — (v.) 1620s, to drive away by calling shoo, from the exclamation (late 15c.), instinctive, Cf. Ger. schu, It. scioia. Shoo in easy winner (especially in politics) (1939) was originally a horse that wins a race by pre arrangement (1928; the verb… …

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  • 4shoo-in — n especially AmE informal someone who is expected to easily win a race, election etc shoo in for ▪ He was far from a shoo in for president. shoo in to do sth ▪ He looked like a shoo in to win the Democratic nomination …

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  • 5shoo-in — shoo ins N COUNT A shoo in is a person or thing that seems sure to succeed. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] Ms Brown is still no shoo in for the November election …

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  • 6shoo — [sho͞o] interj. [echoic] go away; get out: used as in driving away chickens or other animals vi. shooed, shooing to cry “shoo” vt. to drive away abruptly, by or as by crying “shoo” …

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  • 7Shoo — Shoo, interj. [Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.] Begone; away; an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls. [1913 Webster] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 8shoo — shoo·ther; shoo; …

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  • 9shoo-in — ☆ shoo in [sho͞o′in΄ ] n. [ SHOO + IN2] Informal someone or something expected to win easily in an election, a race, etc …

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  • 10shoo|fly — «SHOO FLY», noun, plural flies. 1. = wild indigo. (Cf. ↑wild indigo) 2. U.S. a temporary track to enable trains to avoid an obstruction in the regular line …

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