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brace of shakes
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brace
of
shakes
(
plural
braces of shakes
)
(
nautical
)
The
time
taken for a
sail
to
shake
or
shiver
twice
as a
ship
comes into the
wind
.
(
idiomatic
)
A very short time.
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