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Shinney

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The game of hockey. obsolete, uncountable

    "Let the boys play at cricket, trap and ball, shinney, fives, skipping, running, coits, marbles, climbing trees, jumping, &c."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Etymology

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

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