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Shinney

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n. The game of hockey.

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n. The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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

Word Usage

"In the woodpile he noticed "shinny-sticks" where their owners had put them for safe-keeping – he knew all the "hidie-holes," though it was years and years since he had played "shinney" here."

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Words that are more generic or abstract

hockey field hockey