shimmy-shammy

shimmy-shammy
Secretive, illicit activity or favor trading.

"The four-month suspension is, in effect, the result of a little political shimmy-shammy. In return for some high profile Gorecki supporters endorsing Bob Spence, a judicial candidate favored by Thomas, he agreed to the four-month suspension." -Chicago Reader, February 10, 2006, Michael Miner, "Court of No Resort"


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  • shimmy — (v.) do a suggestive dance, 1918, perhaps via phrase shake the shimmy, possibly from shimmy (n.), a U.S. dialectal form of CHEMISE (Cf. chemise) (mistaken as a plural; Cf. SHAMMY (Cf. shammy)) first recorded 1837; or related to SHIMMER (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

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