shaker

  1. Proper noun.  One of a Christian Protestant religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
  2. Noun.  A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
  3. Noun.  A variety of pigeon.
  4. Noun.  One who holds railroad spikes while they are hammered.
  5. Noun.  A musical percussion instrument filled with any of various granular solids used to produce a rhythmyc sound when shaken.

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