shin
noun
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
was shinning
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past progressiveof shin.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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And Bud was shinning down over the edge clawing tightly the stone points of vantage.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter
"Must've dropped out while I was shinning over the back fence," he surmised vaguely.
From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown
The beast, whatever he was, had climbed the tree with his booty; and the discovery was no sooner made than I was shinning up eagerly after him.
From A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories by William J. (William Joseph) Long
Up the wall, by means of cracks and tufts, was shinning a small boy.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
Mr. Sandford had now but little use for Fletcher's services, except to look after his debtors,—to know who was "shinning" in the street, or "kite-flying" with accommodation-paper.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
