SHINNEYED

SHINNEY

Shin"ney, n. Etym: [CF. Shindy.]

Definition: The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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