shapeup
- a variation of shape-up.
Example Sentences
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It happens daily outside the TV studios: as in a dockworkers' shapeup, prospective audiences are sorted and herded into queues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the next shapeup, Kaztauskis slipped five dollars to the uniformed man, and this time, as he stood with the others hoping to be chosen, the uniformed man pointed at him.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Kaztauskis met up with other Lithuanians who said they had come to the shapeup every morning for three weeks.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
The worker shortage caused by the war left the shapeup empty and laborers in high demand.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
