shinty

Example Sentences

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Europe have long since known this and created the culture described by MacIntyre, a veteran of many a shinty team room, to get the best out of such characters.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

It added: "We hope that we can do their memory proud and honour them on the shinty field."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

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

We read of one zealot devoting a whole winter to the task of combating shinty and tobacco.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner