shinty

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Former nurse of 40 years' service Barbara Millar is 80 and also trying out shinty for the first time.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

One example is the making of shinty sticks, used in a traditional team game mostly played in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

In it, he is smashing a low, galloping drive with one of those shinty sticks.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

They won't give 'em up," said the man; "there's a regular shinty in the house, and everything at sixes and sevens.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace