Meaning of shake and bake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action.
   informal
2. A non-commissioned officer with little experience, qualified through a special course.
   US, historical, slang

Examples

“Yet, until the last⟳ few decades of the twentieth century, the approach⟳ that Levi describes, which chemists like⟳ to call⟳ ‘shake⟳ and bake’, was often the best they could do.”

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