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shinny

noun as in field hockey

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It reverts to the sport’s origins of outdoor “shinny” on frozen Canadian ponds more than 150 years ago while rekindling memories among players of youth spent at neighborhood backyard or street-corner rinks.

He gathered his strength and then he managed to shinny up the trunk inch by inch.

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

On top of that, it takes time for our neurons to shinny their electricity up into our skulls.

They use electrical wires and cables to travel between units, experts said, adding that they’re also adept at shinnying up from sewers, through pipes and up into toilets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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