shinning

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shinning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shin \Shin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Shinning.]
     1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it
        alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps,
        spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a
        mast. [Slang]
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     2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as
        for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.]
        --Bartlett.
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