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Definition of Shinnying
1. shinny [v] - See also: shinny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shinnying
Literary usage of Shinnying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"Strange fortune if we were finished when the cry of " touch off the lights " sent
us shinnying up the tent poles and ropes in Jack Tar fashion to kindle the ..."
2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"Toy introduced me to Osowa, and acted as interpreter a little while, then betook
himself to "shinnying" with the braves, while Osowa and I played deer ..."
3. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"... like agile monkeys shinnying up a stick, and came running ashore to see
themselves as "ithers" saw them. Allan had to make a dash for it, for he hadn't ..."
4. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"... like agile monkeys shinnying up a stick, and came running ashore to see
themselves as "ithers" saw them. Allan had to make a dash for it, for he hadn't ..."
5. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and
Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."
6. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and
Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."
7. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and
Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."
8. We Discover New England by Louise Closser Hale, Walter Hale (1915)
"He had a way of shinnying up the post and sliding down again that was not as
suitable to the swinging sign of the inn as would have been the older method of ..."
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