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broke shins

broke shins is the simple past of break shins.

Meaning of break shins

Verb

break shins (third-person singular simple present breaks shins, present participle breaking shins, simple past broke shins, past participle broken shins)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To borrow money.

Questions about broke shins

What is broke shins the simple past of?
Broke shins is the simple past of break shins.

Words near broke shins in the dictionary

  1. broke one's word
  2. broke open
  3. broke out
  4. broke ranks
  5. broke rigor
  6. broke shins
  7. broke someone's back
  8. broke someone's balls
  9. broke someone's face
  10. broke someone's heart
  11. broke squelch

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