shinty

Example Sentences

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It added: "We hope that we can do their memory proud and honour them on the shinty field."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

"Until I came here I didn't know about shinty at all. I didn't know anything about it until the boys started playing."

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

“Ladies, you see, dunna play shinty, even as girls,”MacWilliam said.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

We read of one zealot devoting a whole winter to the task of combating shinty and tobacco.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner