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Shimmy   /ʃˈɪmi/   Listen
Shimmy

noun
1.
An abnormal wobble in a motor vehicle (especially in the front wheels).
2.
A woman's sleeveless undergarment.  Synonyms: chemise, shift, slip, teddy.
3.
Lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips.
verb
1.
Tremble or shake.  Synonym: wobble.
2.
Dance a shimmy.





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"Shimmy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cabello coffees come across the thirty-mile gulf to the westward from the port of Tucacas, in a little steamer called the Barquisimento, which is famous all along the coast as the "cocktail shaker." C.H. Stewart[324] solemnly asserts that "Barky" can do the "shimmy" when lying at anchor ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... the weather, 'n' we fat- tened in the mud, Crackin' 'ardy, stewed together, rats an' slurry men 'n' blood. Weepin' Willie wouldn't have it these was pleasin' things abed, 'N' he shuddered in his shimmy if they passed him with the dead. When he cried about his mother, in a gentle voice he'd tell Them as dumb-well didn't like it they could go ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson


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