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shakedown


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shakedown  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shakedown 
  n  :  (slang)  extortion  of  money  (as  by  blackmail) 




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