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shinny

noun

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L327651 on Wikidata ↗

verb

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L332973 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪni/

noun

  1. Moonshine. (illegal alcohol)

    Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight;....

    He sent them packing next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English shin English -y English shinny From shin (noun) + -y.

  1. To climb in an awkward manner.