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
Strong was silent and Shinny turned to the cadets.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
Shinny grew reflective and knocked the ashes out of his pipe before he answered.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
Go there and ask for a little guy named Shinny.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
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