shin
1
5.8
- noun
- /ʃɪn/
- UK
:
jarrete
- I.M. had never had to pay a claim on a shin captained by Smk.
Examples
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But on this particular trip, he was able to supply the necessary, along with a pound of fantastic shin beef.
Blog text (33) -
- I need a clean shin.
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H ip , shin , thigh and neck bone , l will hit him . l will hit him with a meat ax.
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In the street, children darted between the legs of horses while the poor bartered for cuts of shin, neck, and tail.
Fiction book (1996) -
He was barefoot in his shin sleeves, cutting the meat off a deer carcass not 20 feet from where I was working.
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The catcher's gear I wore a million years ago—the chest protector and the shin pads—was nothing compared to these goalie pads.
Fiction book (2001) -
Let's move on, my fair lady, he told Zelda, and she trotted up Whitechapel Road, past three shins, past the kosher poultry yard and a mikvah, stopping at the corner of Black Lion Yard.
Fiction book (2001) -
The recipe calls for a pound of shin beef for a hearty stew.
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She bought some shin from the butcher to make her grandmother's famous soup.
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For a rich flavor, slow-cook the shin meat with vegetables and herbs.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
2
3.9
Pain along the front of the lower leg, often caused by running or other exercise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shin for the cooking sense comes from the same body part: it means meat from an animal's lower leg, the place we call the shin, which is why this cut is good for slow cooking and soup.