(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:04:18

Shake"down` (?), 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.

Sir W. Scott.

<-- shake down, v. t. subject to extortion. -->

 

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