makings

• “And searching for people who buy falafel makings is a worthless filter. — misterb”

  Vegans Thwart FBI’s Anti-Terror Program - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

• “He felt for his "makings" and drew from his pocket a little sack of soggy tobacco and some wet papers.”

  The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country

• “The cowpuncher ceased speaking and produced his "makings" while the other stood gazing straight before him, the dead cigar still gripped in the corner of his mouth.”

  The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country

• “His aunt is a rich woman, and he could go limping back if he wanted to; besides, he has what I call the 'makings'.”

  The Dude Wrangler

• “His nerves were rattled, and he fumbled through his pockets for the "makings"; spilled the tobacco and threw his ineffectual effort away in disgust.”

  Where the Souls of Men are Calling

• “He was half sitting on the table, one leg swinging, his quick hands rolling a cigarette from the "makings" proffered by Tony Harris, his laughing eyes filled with the joy of home coming, his tongue already busied with the answering of many rapid fire questions.”

  The Short Cut

• “He reached for his "makings" and rolled a cigarette which he smoked with no more than one arm and his head exposed to the clamminess of the atmosphere.”

  The Thunder Bird

• “Well-pleased, Mrs. Murphy consented to take her, inwardly gloating over her good luck, for she saw that Eily was neat and handy, and had the "makings" of a good servant.”

  The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911

• “There is nothing which so touches some of us as a thing with "makings" in it, a thing with untold potentialities in it, a thing which may come in the future to God only knows what.”

  The Gospel of the Hereafter

• “He took out his "makings," and rolled a cigarette.”

  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)

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