can-shaker

can-shaker

Someone who raises money for a particular place, event, or cause. The phrase alludes to collecting money in a can. Oh, the kids are out being can-shakers for their softball team today. A: "Did you give some money to those can-shakers over there?" B: "Of course! Goodness, they're raising money for a local family whose house burned down." I was proud to see that some of the can-shakers raising money for cancer research were my own students.

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can-shaker

n. a fund-raiser. (As if a person were holding a can for the solicitation of coins from passersby.) Fred was a professional can-shaker for a museum. Maybe he has some ideas as to how we can raise some money.

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