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shrugging

/ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The act of one who shrugs.

Plural shruggings

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“Well, well!” said Holmes, shrugging his shoulders.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 13 · B2
Holmes stopped over them for an instant, and then rose shrugging his shoulders.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 86 · B2
“It may be so,” answered Holmes, shrugging his shoulders.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 100 · B2
“And I can well understand,” said the countess, shrugging up her beautiful shoulders, as though an involuntary shudder passed through her veins, “that those who have once seen that man will never be likely to forget him.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 374 · C1

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