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| shin·ny [ shínnee ] or shin·ney [ shínnee ] |
noun (plural shin·nies) (plural shin·neys) |
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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
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2. stick used in shinny: the stick that is used to play shinny
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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) |
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play shinny: to play the game of shinny
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| [Late 17th century. Variant of shinty] |
