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 Wason, Robert Alexander

He reached for his "makin's" and I waited while he rolled a cigarette, this process being a necessary prelude to a journey into his past.

From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay

If you happens to mention you ain't got your makin's with you, the nearest guy to you'll call the police.

From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay

Two bits' worth of makin's a week will help one lad make life endurable.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

“Think you, Dannie,” my uncle inquired, “that he’ve the makin’s of a fair rascal?”

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman