shake the pagoda tree

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Etymology[edit]

The pagoda was a gold coin used in the Madras Presidency until 1818.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

shake the pagoda tree (third-person singular simple present shakes the pagoda tree, present participle shaking the pagoda tree, simple past shook the pagoda tree, past participle shaken the pagoda tree)

  1. (idiomatic) To find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time period.
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