makin's

Example Sentences

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"Wait till I get the makin's 'n' I'll tell you," he said, as he got up and entered a stall.

From Blister Jones by Hambridge, Jay

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

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell

You has the makin's in you of a fine trapper and hunter.

From Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North by Wallace, Dillon

It shows that you hev all the makin's o' them opty-mists, the bunch o' people to which I belong.

From The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)

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

From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Ferber, Edna