Shake (unit) (English Wikipedia)

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Richard Harris Barham (1840). "The Babes in the Wood". The Ingoldsby Legends. p. 191. I'll be back in a couple of shakes. Also on page 212 ("A Row in an Omnibus") "in a brace of shakes" and on page 247 ("The Lay of St. Alois") "in a couple of shakes". But the phrase appeared in print before Barham; see for example James Edward Alexander (1833). Transatlantic Sketches. p. 284.

Elyse Bruce (2011). "Two shakes of a lamb's tail". idiomation.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-06-28.

Cochran, Thomas B. (10 April 1994). "Hydronuclear Testing or a Comprehensive Test Ban?" (PDF). Washington, DC: Natural Resources Defense Council. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-06. The period, 10⁻⁸ seconds, turns out to be a convenient unit of time, and it was defined during the Manhattan Project as one 'shake'.

Rowlett, Russ (ed.). "[Letter] S". How many? A dictionary of units of measurement. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29.

Rowlett, Russ (ed.). "[Letter] S". How many? A dictionary of units of measurement. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29.
Elyse Bruce (2011). "Two shakes of a lamb's tail". idiomation.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
Cochran, Thomas B. (10 April 1994). "Hydronuclear Testing or a Comprehensive Test Ban?" (PDF). Washington, DC: Natural Resources Defense Council. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-06. The period, 10⁻⁸ seconds, turns out to be a convenient unit of time, and it was defined during the Manhattan Project as one 'shake'.