Usually means: Very short period of time.
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  1. brace of shakes: Wiktionary
  2. Brace of Shakes: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brace of shakes)

noun:  (nautical) The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
noun:  (idiomatic) A very short time.

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