makin's

Example Sentences

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"This has the makin's of a Jim-dandy suburb, an' it sure looks like it'll be some popular."

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

Inside of two minutes she's hustled little Hadley into his things, and out they sails to her carriage, leavin' the makin's of a first-class fam'ly row all prepared.

From Torchy by Brehm, George

Then, sure, ye’ve got the makin’s av a sailor in yez afther all, as Misther Mackay aid whin he foorst clapped eyes on ye.

From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by Overend, William Heysham

I did think for a minute that ye had the makin’s of a man, but I apologize.”

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

I ain’t got the makin’s in me of even a store-mussed angel.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell