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Meanings of shin up in anglès

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Usage of shin up in anglès
1
A fellow ought to be able to shin up the window bars.
Messenger No. 48
2
He looked as if he might shin up the waterfall on the spot.
Herland
3
I can shin up like a squirrel and go through her room to the-
Green Fancy
4
We shin up one to avoid all sorts of dangers, it seems to me.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game; Or, Perilous Adventures in the...
5
Besides, I wanted to show you how neatly I can shin up a post.
The Window-Gazer
6
If they do, why I'll just shin up a tree.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
7
So he began to shin up into its branches.
The Tale of Daddy Longlegs / Tuck-Me-In Tales
8
Tony immediately started to shin up the tree, desirous of ascertaining the extent of damage done.
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
9
She whipped her shin up between his legs.
Provenance
10
But ef so be they tackles ye, son, jest shin up a tree, an' then pick 'em off.
The Outdoor Chums; Or, The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera...
11
Now, I propose that our friend in the bows be asked to shin up the cliff and prospect a bit.
The Captain of the Kansas
12
Could you blame the poor unfortunates for wanting to shin up them and pick peaches and apples and everything else?
The Hilltop Boys on the River
13
I watched him shin up the face of the tower, and admired greatly the speed and neatness with which he climbed.
Mr. Standfast
14
He was looking like a wolf on the steppes of Russia which has seen its peasant shin up a high tree.
Right Ho, Jeeves
15
Kirke looked back; I think he was just ready to shin up the lightning rod but he saw the revolver and stopped.
Sunny Slopes
16
His face is pale and sickly, he's weak of arm and knee; if trouble came he'd quickly shin up the nearest tree.
Rippling Rhymes
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