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Form of hockey
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shinty
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands , and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and was even once competitively played ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context sports English) A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shinty \Shin"ty\, n. [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.] A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. --Jamieson.
Usage examples of shinty.
He could throw the hammer farther than anyone Calum had ever seen, but he was nimble enough to skate like the wind when he held a shinty stick in his huge hands.
Gadfrey, he used to eat mounds of fried squid every Saturday while he watched the local shinty game.