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  • noun Secretive, illicit activity or favor trading.

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Examples

  • He hickied the silhouette of crescent moons on the backsides of shimmy-shammy princesses all over Manhattan.

    Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990

  • He broke out the famous Axl Rose shimmy-shammy dance early on in "Brownstone," and he rocketed from one side to the other as "Patience" and "Paradise City" reached their climaxes in the encore.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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