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shinney

shinney noun: the game of hockey.

Noun

shinney (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The game of hockey.
    • Let the boys play at cricket, trap and ball, shinney, fives, skipping, running, coits, marbles, climbing trees, jumping, &c.1825, The Medico-chirurgical Review

Origin of shinney

From shindy, from the likelihood of players banging their shins.

Questions about shinney

What does shinney mean?
Shinney means the game of hockey.
What part of speech is shinney?
Shinney is a noun.

Words near shinney in the dictionary

  1. shinners
  2. Shinnerses
  3. shinnery
  4. shinnery oak
  5. shinnery oaks
  6. shinney
  7. Shinnick
  8. Shinnicks
  9. Shinnie
  10. shinnied
  11. shinnies

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