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shinny (2)

shin·ny [ shínnee ] or shin·ney [ shínnee ]


noun  (plural shin·nies) (plural shin·neys)
Definition:
 
1. N American game resembling field hockey: in the United States and Canada, an informal game similar to field hockey, played with a small hard ball and curved wooden sticks

2. stick used in shinny: the stick that is used to play shinny



intransitive verb  (past and past participle shin·nied, present participle shin·ny·ing, 3rd person present singular shin·nies) (past and past participle shin·neyed, present participle shin·ney·ing, 3rd person present singular shin·neys)
Definition:
 
play shinny: to play the game of shinny

[Late 17th century. Variant of shinty]
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