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Shaker vs Shakey - What's the difference?

shaker | shakey |

As a noun shaker

is one of a christian protestant religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

As an adjective shakey is

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shaker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
  • A variety of pigeon.
  • One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
  • A musical percussion instrument filled with granular solids which produce a rhythmic sound when shaken.

    • Derived terms

    * cocktail shaker * salt shaker

    See also

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    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    shakey

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * (Nancy Mitford)
    • The man the BBC had sent down [was] a shakey old thing of my age.

    References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989