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broken shins

broken shins is the past participle 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 broken shins

What is broken shins the past participle of?
Broken shins is the past participle of break shins.

Words near broken shins in the dictionary

  1. broken reeds
  2. broken rhyme
  3. broken rhymes
  4. broken rice
  5. broken rigor
  6. broken shins
  7. broken sleep
  8. broken someone's back
  9. broken someone's balls
  10. broken someone's face
  11. broken someone's heart

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