What is Shinny?
1.
Term used most commonly in Canada and the northern region of Minnesota, specifically the iron range, as a short, alternate word for an unofficial game of hockey played outdoors on a flooded, home-made rink or a frozen body of water such as a pond or lake.
Grab your skates and stick, there's a game of shinny out on the pond!
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2.
a game popularized on blustery Saturday afternoons on the ponds of Laval. Shinny is a hockey-like game played with brooms, broken hockey sticks, and hunks of things that you can hit around till the bars open a midi.
un Joual: L'usine s'est fermée.
des autres Joual: Bon! nous avons plus de temps pour jouer à la shinny maintenant.
3.
short for shindig, a festive gathering of people
hey man, i'm havin a shinny at my place this friday, two kegs, bring some ladies.
4.
Playing hockey on a rink without skates.
Hockey Night in Canada's over, let go play some shinny.
