shinty
Britishnoun
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a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
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the stick used in this game
verb
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Origin of shinty
C17: possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound
Example Sentences
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Europe have long since known this and created the culture described by MacIntyre, a veteran of many a shinty team room, to get the best out of such characters.
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It added: "We hope that we can do their memory proud and honour them on the shinty field."
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Shinty is his first love, and was a regular with Oban Celtic until he reluctantly had to hang up his Caman lest an injury derailed his golf.
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That’s why earlier this spring he flew home for three weeks with family and his shinty playing mates.
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To his beloved shinty, but - of course - also to golf.
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