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Shakedown   /ʃˈeɪkdˌaʊn/   Listen
Shakedown

adjective
1.
Intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system.





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"Shakedown" Quotes from Famous Books



... Count Bismarck-Bohlen and me, reserving the remaining one for himself. Each bed, as is common in Germany and northern France, was provided with a feather tick, but the night being warm, these spreads were thrown off, and discovering that they would make a comfortable shakedown on the floor, I slept there leaving Bismarck-Bohlen unembarrassed by companionship—at least ...
— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. II., Part 6 • P. H. Sheridan
... can have the paper," said the visitor. And to show that he meant what he said, he tossed it upon the nearest shakedown. ...
— True To His Colors • Harry Castlemon


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