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Definition of Shimmies
1. shimmy [v] - See also: shimmy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmies
Literary usage of Shimmies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"An extract from one of the articles in a white paper is given: "Lni" A JOKE AS
PEKIN shimmies DEFIANCE OF LAW LIQUOR, SIRENS, JAZZ, RACE RAINBOW RIOT IN ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"It seems to me I 've heard the women folks at home talk about shimmies, but they
were always kind o' private about it, so I don't think I can help you out. ..."
3. Continental Stagecraft by Kenneth Macgowan, Robert Edmond Jones (1922)
"After they have hopped and shaken their way uncertainly through two or three fox
trots and shimmies, the great lights in the roof go out. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"... she forced to have two shimmies, and so—well, I don' know, I never got it,
and I don't know when I shall So I did my stone-picking as well as I could; ..."
5. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"An extract from one of the articles in a white paper is given: "Lni" A JOKE AS
PEKIN shimmies DEFIANCE OF LAW LIQUOR, SIRENS, JAZZ, RACE RAINBOW RIOT IN ..."
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