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shook

/ʃʊk/ noun C2
  1. A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
  2. The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.

Plural shooks

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The next morning Dorothy kissed the pretty green girl good-bye, and they all shook hands with the soldier with the green whiskers, who had walked with them as far as the gate.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 124 · B2
“I haven’t the faintest idea,” said the Tin Woodman, and the Lion shook his shaggy mane and looked thoughtful.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 39 · B2
When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 3 · B2
He rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 16 · B2

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