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Definition of Shinny

1. Verb. Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

2. Noun. A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck.

Definition of Shinny

1. Verb. To climb in an awkward manner. ¹

2. Noun. (Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball. ¹

3. Noun. (Canada) Street hockey. ¹

4. Noun. (Canada informal) Hockey. ¹

5. Noun. Moonshine (illegal alcohol) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shinny

1. to shin [v -NIED, -NYING, -NIES] - See also: shin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shinny

shinleaves shinne shinned shinner shinneries shinners shinnery shinnes shinney shinneyed

shinneying shinneys shinnied shinnies shinning shinny (current term) shinnying shinobi shinobis shinpad

shinpads shinplaster shinplasters shins shinsplint shinsplints shintaido shinties shinty shiny

Literary usage of Shinny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alsea Texts and Myths by Leo Joachim Frachtenberg (1920)
"We will just play for a long time. We will continually play various games." At last the people had assembled in great numbers. "We will first play shinny. ..."

2. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"... the grandmothers, the west moccasin. two counters which are always khet'as, shoe strings, coun- played list. shinny. ..."

3. The Outdoor Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1900)
"IN place of a bung or a golf-ball a pair of bags are used for the game of Squaw, Saddle-bags, or Sky shinny, as it is variously called. ..."

4. The Outdoor Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1900)
"CHAPTER XXXV INDIAN GAMES ADAPTED FOR BOYS Squaw, Saddle-bags, or Sky shinny—The Way the Game is Played— An Exhilarating Sport—Mandan Ring—A Fine Game for ..."

5. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"At a short distance beyond Lough shinny a Martello tower has been erected on a promontory, occasionally insulated, for the purpose of defending the harbour ..."

6. The Gospel in Athletic Phrases by Richard Alfred Waite (1907)
""shinny on your own side" is a frequent cry in hockey. It means, "Stay where you belong," and contains as good advice to Christian young men as to hockey ..."

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