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Definition of Shimmying
1. shimmy [v] - See also: shimmy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shimmying
Literary usage of Shimmying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... the dancers who made the "hubba-hubba" happen, is carried on by Exotic World's
Burlesque Hall of Fame, a wall of 8x10 glossies remembering the shimmying ..."
2. Children of the Slaves by Stephen Graham (1920)
"... on the bank and accosted all and sundry, begging them to come aboard and work
on the ship. Meanwhile in a quayside hut Negro girls were " shimmying ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... bichromate of potash, and other mineral salts; and third, by shimmying or
impregnating the raw skin with oil ..."
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