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. -->
© Webster 1913.
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