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shinnery
[ shin-uh-ree ]
/ ˈʃɪn ə ri /
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noun Southwestern U.S.
a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.
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Origin of shinnery
1900–05, Americanism;<Louisiana French chênièrechenier (perhaps directly < a by-form *chênerie)
Words nearby shinnery
shining cuckoo, shinju, shinkin, shinleaf, Shinner, shinnery, shinny, shinplaster, shin splints, Shinto, shinty
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