shinney n 1: a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck [syn: {shinny}, {shinney}]
Shinney \Shin"ney\, n. [CF. {Shindy}.] The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]