The beast, whatever he was, had climbed the tree with his booty; and the discovery was no sooner made than I was Shinning up eagerly after him.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
I chuckle yet when I think of those four big bruisers sitting on the front porch and guarding their property while I was Shinning up the corner post of the back porch, leaving a part of my trousers fluttering on a nail and ordering the youngster in a blood-curdling whisper to hand down his coat, unless he wanted to lose forever his chance of being captain of the football team in his Sophomore year.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch
"Your father is everlastingly Shinning up a moonbeam, and you know it," declared Britt.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day