Crossword-Solution: SHAKEDOWN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shakedown | n. | A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHAKEDOWN | anagram | HAWKNOSED |
We have 5 clues for the answer “SHAKEDOWN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Blackmail, maybe | 1 answer |
| Gangster's practice | 1 answer |
| A VERY THOROUGH SEARCH OF A PERSON OR A PLACE | 11 answers |
| ACQUIRING dishonestly | 47 answers |
| Shell game? | 53 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHAKEDOWN (5)
And many a poor devil then, when his strength and his money were spent, Was sure of a lecture -- and tucker, and a shakedown in Cameron's tent.
She expressed her willingness to sleep in the back kitchen: a shakedown under the sink was all she wanted.
The hot milk-punch seemed to take the chill out of him, and when, by lying on his pillow and gazing at the shakedown on the floor as long as he could keep his eyes open, he had convinced himself that Tembarom was going to stay with him, he fell asleep.
Each bed, as is common in Germany and northern France, was provided with a feather tick, but the night being warm, these spreads were thrown off, and discovering that they would make a comfortable shakedown on the floor, I slept there leaving Bismarck-Bohlen unembarrassed by companionship--at least of a human kind.
You ain't lookin' for Vanderbilt or God Almighty up here, are you? Well, then, you hark to me, will you? You say to my old woman to give you supper and a shakedown somewhar to-night.
Quotes with SHAKEDOWN (1)
I remember being at the premiere of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' and the tremendous reaction from the crowd outside, then going to a party at a hotel afterwards where the speakers were blasting 'Shakedown,' a song from the movie. That felt like a show biz moment to me.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1998–1999).