makin's

Example Sentences

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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

"He's sure green," replied the cowboy, shrugging his shoulders in protest, "an' he ain't much more humble-minded than a hen that's jest laid an egg of unusooal size, but I reckon he's got the makin's."

From The Boy With the U. S. Foresters by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

I had the makin's of a good many cyclones in my system those days.

From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander

He’ve the makin’s of a better man than you.

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman

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