was shinning
- past progressive of shin.
Example Sentences
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In a second Charley was shinning up the tree.
From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.
Up the wall, by means of cracks and tufts, was shinning a small boy.
From Huntingtower by Buchan, John
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 Long, William J. (William Joseph)
I think it must be the naval officer whom Captain Carboneer called Haslett; but I have not seen him except as he was shinning up the painter of the boat.
From Within The Enemy's Lines by Optic, Oliver
He was shinning up a ladder with little regard for grace as he mumbled this self-condemnatory remark.
From The Day of the Dog by McCutcheon, George Barr
