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in shore

[in-shawr, -shohr]

in·shore

[in-shawr, -shohr]
adjective
1.
close or closer to the shore.
2.
lying near the shore; operating or carried on close to the shore: inshore fishing.
adverb
3.
toward the shore: They went closer inshore.

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In shore is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1695–1705; in-1 + shore1
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