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Definition of Makin

1. Noun. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting.

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Literary usage of Makin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Each does ut his own way, like makin' love," said Mulvaney quietly; "the butt or the bay'nit or the bullet accordin' to the natur' av the man. ..."

2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"... do in makin them pay. I went afterwards to Robin's, and saw people who had dined with me at the five-- penny ordinary just before, give bills for the ..."

3. An Historical Account of the Old State House of Pennsylvania Now Known as by Frank Marx Etting (1891)
"We now find this body in occupancy of the public school-house, much to the annoyance and professional detriment of its master, Thomas Makin, who was also ..."

4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1897)
"John.4 As to Edmund Sherman who is mentioned in the will of Tobias Makin which is ... Grace Makin called by Tobias " Grace Sherman my daughter " may very ..."

5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1873)
"WILLIAM Makin and SONS, steel and file makers, Reid and Glasgow, on and after 9th June 1869, loyed Mr. Samuel Watson Dempster as their sole ..."

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