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mover and shaker noun a powerful person with powerful connections US, 1972- We have wax museums for historical people and show business people and sports people, but nary a thing for the movers and shakers of society. — Armistead Maupin, Further Tales of the City, p. 35, 1982
- — American Speech, Fall 1985
- Mayor Simmons became one of the movers and shakers in the state’s political set up. — Odie Hawkins, The Life and Times of Chester Simmons, p. 172, 1991
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