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shinny (v.)
"to climb a rope, pole, etc.," 1888, from use of
shins
and ankles to do so; see
shin
.
shinny (n.)
also
shinney
, primitive form of hockey, 1670s, perhaps from Gaelic
sinteag
"a bound, a leap."
