SHIN

/ʃɊn/
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Definition

/ʃɊn/
noun
  1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone
  2. A fishplate for a railway.
verb
  1. (as "shin up") 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.
    “to shin up a mast”
  2. To strike with the shin.
  3. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Source: Wiktionary

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Back hooks: SHIN-E SHIN-S SHIN-Y

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