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noun
1.
a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
2.
the club used.
verb (used without object)
3.
to play shinny.
4.
to drive the ball at shinny.
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Origin:
1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game
1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game
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