makin's

Looks like we got the makin's of a street brawl down in Bristol.

From On High 2006

Looks like we got the makin's of a street brawl down in Bristol.

Archive 2006-05-01 2006

What has become of the old-fashioned trooper who used to be able to roll the makin's with one hand while holding in a bucking horse with the other?

The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

"Rustle something for the makin's, and we'll have heat and a hot drink right smart," she called.

Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

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.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Dere was cornshuckin's, logrollin's, syrup makin's, and cotton pickin's.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

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

A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes

"You've the makin's of a smart sailor in you -- I can see that," pursued the Captain.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

The men, five in all, had brought out their "makin's."

Kid Wolf of Texas 1938

You've got the makin's of what the newspapers call a Leading Citizen, even if you did fall down once.

Buttered Side Down: Stories Edna Ferber 1926