shinney
English
editEtymology
editFrom shindy, from the likelihood of players banging their shins.
Noun
editshinney (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The game of hockey.
- 1825, The Medico-chirurgical Review:
- Let the boys play at cricket, trap and ball, shinney, fives, skipping, running, coits, marbles, climbing trees, jumping, &c.
See also
editReferences
edit- “shinney”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Manx
editAdjective
editshinney
- comparative degree of shenn (“old”)
Mutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
shinney | hinney after "yn", çhinney |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |