shinny
1 Americannoun
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a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
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the club used.
verb (used without object)
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to play shinny.
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to drive the ball at shinny.
verb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of shinny1
First recorded in 1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game
Origin of shinny2
1850–55, apparently derivative of shin 1; source of -y is unclear
Example Sentences
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Graeme Shinny, from Aberdeen, paid £500 for a flight from Athens to Dublin on Friday evening.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
“Kids are starting to work out when they’re 10 or 11 years old now, where we were playing Shinny until we were 16,” Karlsson said.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020
"But, Mr. Shinny," asked Astro, "if you knew Wallace was tied up with the robbery of the Credit Exchange, why didn't you tell the Solar Guard before now?"
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
Shinny was de thing dat I like best.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Strong was silent and Shinny turned to the cadets.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
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