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shinny

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shin⋅ny

1  [shin-ee] noun, plural -nies, verb, -nied, -ny⋅ing.
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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.
Origin:
1665–75; var. of shin ye, cry used in the game

shin⋅ny

2  [shin-ee]
–verb (used without object), -nied, -ny⋅ing.
to shin: He shinnied up the tree.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; appar. deriv. of shin 1 ; source of -y is unclear
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shin·ny 1 also shin·ney   (shĭn'ē)   
n.   pl. shin·nies also shin·neys

  1. Ice, street, or field hockey played informally with a ball, can, or similar object.

  2. The stick used when playing this game.


[Probably from the phrase shin ye, a cry used in the game.]
shin·ny 2   (shĭn'ē)   
intr.v.   shin·nied, shin·ny·ing, shin·nies
To climb by shinning.

[Alteration of shin1.]
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