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n. - A stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the lower leg.

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  • No doubt they are not beer cans at all, but some hi-tech shinpad called "The Ronin+" or "Ninja-Tempo" and made from all sorts of trademarked materials with names like...
  • Scholes lost a shinpad after 50 seconds but never his composure.
  • Oli Habibi - for a start, if a challenge has enough force behind it to break 2 bones then a shinpad is going to withstand the impact.
  • More importantly, with the foot planted in the ground and some sort of unbreakable shinpad protecting the lower leg, something else is going to have to give.
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