shinny

Example Sentences

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He wants to shinny up the greasy pole, but I don’t know how ruthless he is.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

For the climbing task, the winning design evolved two arms and two legs that help it shinny up a shaft like an ape.

From Scientific American • Dec. 10, 2021

It’s not easy to practice in summer skates that are more like shinny than postseason hockey, but McDavid has taken it upon himself to try.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

In Oshie’s first year at Warroad, Eades remembered, he was the ringleader of the team that loved to play shinny hockey.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2021

In my mind I would shinny up one of those columns and then work my way from rafter to rafter, figuring out how to make my next move, seeing how far I could get.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz