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- noun Plural form of
shin . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shin .
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Examples
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Kicking people in the shins is not usually a very good way to achieve any of these things.
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Kicking people in the shins is not usually a very good way to achieve any of these things.
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Kicking people in the shins is not usually a very good way to achieve any of these things.
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Raking this down the shins is very painful and should discourage most attackers.
Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2008 » September 2008
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Then Tom Steadman, coward that he was, struck her with his heavy stick, struck fair and straight at her poor little thin shins, a coward's blow.
The Second Chance 1910
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Here I may remark that, as his shins are the weakest,
The Ivory Child Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Like an asthmatic, flat-footed brainiac on the dreaded gym class mile run (not to divulge too much about my adolescent self), we as a nation are now grimly limping toward the end of the year, teeth gritted, bracing ourselves for the next spasm and wondering if there's anything we can possibly do about the throbbing in our shins (if "shins" means "wallets" and "throbbing" means "Sweet cracklin 'Kalamazoo, but I am broke.").
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Four tight old racist farks trying to give their outdated bigoted system one last kick in the shins before they past.
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She likes when I press against her chest and sink down so my toes are flat against her shins.
Sisters At The Lake Cherise Wolas 2011
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Anyone who seriously believes that this RUMOR is true needs a reality check and a swift kick to the shins! cecilia
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