makin's

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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.

There was squeals, and shrieks, and a gen'ral mixup; some tryin' to get closer, others beatin' it to get away, and all the makin's of a young riot.

From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell

Inside of two minutes she's hustled little Hadley into his things, and out they sails to her carriage, leavin' the makin's of a first-class fam'ly row all prepared.

From Torchy by Brehm, George

“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

"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 Carleton, William