"shake the pagoda tree" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shake the pagoda tree.ogg [Australia] Forms: shakes the pagoda tree [present, singular, third-person], shaking the pagoda tree [participle, present], shook the pagoda tree [past], shaken the pagoda tree [participle, past]
Etymology: The pagoda was a gold coin used in the Madras Presidency until 1818. Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> the pagoda tree}} shake the pagoda tree (third-person singular simple present shakes the pagoda tree, present participle shaking the pagoda tree, simple past shook the pagoda tree, past participle shaken the pagoda tree)
  1. (idiomatic) To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period. Wikipedia link: Madras Presidency Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-shake_the_pagoda_tree-en-verb-~JbFVVbX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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