"brace of shakes" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-brace of shakes.ogg [Australia] Forms: braces of shakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|braces of shakes}} brace of shakes (plural braces of shakes)
  1. (nautical) The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-brace_of_shakes-en-noun-c72fuTgX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (idiomatic) A very short time. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-brace_of_shakes-en-noun-VeMt0RYV

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for brace of shakes meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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