When we had nothing else to do in the way of enjoyment we played the game of "shinney" - a game that gave great pleasure to us all. From Wordnik.com. [The new man : twenty-nine years a slave, twenty-nine years a free man,] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
"shinney-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. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
The name "bandy" is sometimes applied also to shinney or shinty and in. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
After that get some quic blue (like a majic marker) to put on the shinney metal inside the notch exposed by the filing. From Wordnik.com. [Rifle Review: Petzal Tests the Marlin .338 MXLR] Reference
Hockey is usually played on the ice by players on skates, although, like the old game of shinney, it may be played on any level piece of ground. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
Well, Tommy was a good deal better at spinning top on Academy steps than doing lessons, and a deal fonder of playing shinney than writing letters. From Wordnik.com. [The Half-Back] Reference
Page 18 problems and long memoriter lessons, cast a shadow across my happy life on the farm; but even these had their compensation in baseball or shinney at recess and during the long noon intermission. From Wordnik.com. [War stories and school-day incidents for the children,] Reference
Horace was not strong enough to play baseball, and his mamma had forbidden him to play shinney, so he always stayed with the girls at recess, which was often very inconvenient when Elizabeth and Rosie wanted to teeter by themselves or stay indoors and tell secrets. From Wordnik.com. ['Lizbeth of the Dale] Reference
"At early sunrise he arrived there and peeked down into their house, which was like a big kiva, and there were the two boys playing shinney. From Wordnik.com. [The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi] Reference
Can't they shinney 'round, jest as well as other fellers? ". From Wordnik.com. [Messenger No. 48] Reference
The game of shinney or. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
The children were out playing "shinney.". From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
Will stop playing "shinney". From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
We had square dances, shinney-on-the-ice, wood tag. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Football, baseball, shinney, circus, -- things like that. ". From Wordnik.com. [Quill's Window] Reference
"shinney" or "shinty" played scientifically and with definite rules. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
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