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no great shakes

noun

Definitions

  1. Something unexceptional, not noteworthy or special.

    • You're welcome to stay here, but this hut ain't no great shakes for such as you.
    • His tactic of pointing out the flaws of the Democrats does not mean that the Republican Party is any great shakes, as he intimates.
    • The iPhone's 2.0 megapixel camera is no great shakes, but it's good enough as cellphone cameras go.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for no great shakes. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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