Cowart was a beautiful blonde from East Texas who was paid to wear a short skirt and shimmy at venues such as Swingers A-Go-Go, Club Saracen, and Le Lollipop.

Source: https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/favorite-stories-2023/

Legend has it these dancers starred in a revue at the Egyptian Theater on the fair’s Midway and performed a belly dance that was the forerunner to the burlesque shimmy.

Source: https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/shaking-your-ass-for-the-revolution/

The embrace quickly turned into a shimmy, with the pair jumping up and down and dancing together on stage.

Source: https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/harry-styles-reina-dance-grammys-2023-49080389

They believe that there are evermore things urgently in need of their supervision — things to ban or mandate or regulate to help society shimmy up the pole of progress.

Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/12/10/opinion-george-will-any-way-you-slice-it-elizabeth-warrens-war-on-big-sandwich-is-crummy/

Too many gardeners attempt to shimmy and wiggle hand-held pruning shears through branches too thick to be cut effectively with this tool.

Source: https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2023/03/26/an-experts-guide-to-pruning-for-the-home-gardener/