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Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
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shakedown
Today it means: Extortion, especially through blackmail Full definition →
Today it means: Extortion, especially through blackmail Full definition →
Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.