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shinbone Noun the nontechnical name for tibia
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Lucky now( sneezes) there's no knee-joint to make; that might puzzle a little; but a mere shinbone --why it's easy as making hop-poles; only I should like to put a good finish on. His were the shinbones of the saline beef; his would have been the drumsticks. Out of the horns of the cattle they made combs, buttons, hairpins, and imitation ivory; out of the shinbones and other big bones they cut knife and toothbrush handles, and mouthpieces for pipes; out of the hoofs they cut hairpins and buttons, before they made the rest into glue. |
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shinbone - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle