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shin

noun as in leg part

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Nordbrock had a small mark on his arm, “where it had been touching my shin,” MacLeod said, but no other signs of trauma.

Dr Mark Bowditch, President of the British Orthopaedic Association told BBC Sport that a tibia is, "the shin bone and the main weight bearing bone from the knee to the ankle".

From BBC

During the challenge, Mr Cook faced setbacks including a shin muscle injury.

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A woman lotions her legs in the locker room, cream dripping down her shins like smoke and pooling in a puddle beneath her.

One stunning piece, excavated 60 years ago from a tomb in the foothills of mountainous northwest Bulgaria, about 70 miles from Sofia, is the left shin and knee guard from a soldier’s armor.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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