shinty

Example Sentences

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The vast majority of chaplains - 140 - are in football but there are also more than 20 other chaplains in shinty, rugby, golf, basketball and cycling.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

One example is the making of shinty sticks, used in a traditional team game mostly played in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

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

They won't give 'em up," said the man; "there's a regular shinty in the house, and everything at sixes and sevens.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace