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shin

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1. shin - Noun

2. shin - Verb

3. Shin - Proper noun

Meaning

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

A fish plate for rails.

To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.

To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.

To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. Salvador Dalí

Shin a device for finding furniture in the dark. Steven Wright

I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff. Kate Adie

Fang? Are you- like Max?" asked Dr. Martinez. "Nope,"he said, sounding bored. "I'm the smart one." I resisted the urge to kick him in the shin. James Patterson

Don't be breaking your shin on a stool that's not in your way. Irish Proverb

De Shin bedrêgt. Bökinghard Frisian Proverb

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