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hallan-shaker
ˈhallan-ˌshaker Sc. A beggar who stands shaking the hallan; a vagabond, sturdy beggar.1500–20 Dunbar Poems xiv. 57 Sic knavis and crakkaris..Sic halland schekkaris. a 1605 Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 758 Land lowper, light skowper..Halland shaker, draught raiker. 1785 Jrnl. fr. Lond. 4 (Jam.) Sta... Oxford English Dictionary
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hallan
hallan Sc. and north. dial. (ˈhælən) Also 6–8 halland, 8 hallon, 8–9 hallen. [perh. derivative or dim. of hall1.] A partition wall in a cottage; particularly, that between the door and the fireplace, which shelters the room from the draught of the door; also the inside porch formed by this partition... Oxford English Dictionary
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shaker
shaker (ˈʃeɪkə(r)) Also 5 schakare, -ere, 6 Sc. schakar, (-car), schekkar. [f. shake v. + -er1.] 1. a. One who or something which shakes (in the transitive senses of the verb). Also in phr. mover and shaker, shaker and mover (U.S.), a person who influences events, a person who gets things done.c 144... Oxford English Dictionary
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