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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.

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)

"Must've dropped out while I was shinning over the back fence," he surmised vaguely.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William

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

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 McCarter, Margaret Hill