makin's
Example Sentences
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I had the makin's of a good many cyclones in my system those days.
From Happy Hawkins by Robert Alexander Wason
"It's nothin' but what ye desarve, avick! an' more nor that—yer the makin's of a clargy I'm guessin'?"
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
“You’ve the makin’s of a smart sailor in you—I can see that,” pursued the Captain.
From Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers by W. Bertram Foster
"Say, loan me the makin's, will you, pal?" he drawled.
From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge
Yes," he agreed quietly, "he's got the makin's in him.
From Man to Man by Jackson Gregory
