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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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 George Barr McCutcheon
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 Oliver Optic
Up the wall, by means of cracks and tufts, was shinning a small boy.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
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
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
