makin's

Example Sentences

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You has the makin's in you of a fine trapper and hunter.

From Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North by Wallace, Dillon

I had the makin's of a good many cyclones in my system those days.

From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander

I make 'em everywhar: any one on the top o' the earth who's got the makin's of a man kin call me friend.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

Mistress Mikaver was quite my leddy, an' was rinnin' frae the teen to the tither o's juist terriple anxious to mak's a' at hame, an' makin's a' meesirable.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

"This has the makin's of a Jim-dandy suburb, an' it sure looks like it'll be some popular."

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack