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shinbone

shin·bone

US/ˈʃɪˌnboʊn/ uncommon

noun

1.

the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

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From Middle English schinboon, schineboon, from Old English sċinbān (“shin, shinbone”), from Proto-West Germanic *skinubain, from Proto-Germanic *skinōbainą, equivalent to shin + bone. Cognate with Dutch scheenbeen (“shinbone”), German Schienbein (“shinbone”), Danish skinneben (“shin, shinbone”), Swedish skenben (“shinbone”).

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