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Shinney

The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.

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Hockey 76% connected

A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood)…

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Bandy noun · 78% connection

The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.

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Beating noun · 78% connection

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

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Cat noun · 78% connection

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

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Checkers verb · 78% connection

A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved di…

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Clumps noun · 78% connection

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…

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Cnemial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the shin bone.

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Cockshy noun · 78% connection

A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consist…

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Combat noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

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Cricket noun · 78% connection

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting…

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Croquet noun · 78% connection

An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches…

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Deal noun · 78% connection

Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

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Doddart noun · 78% connection

A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.

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Double noun · 78% connection

A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.

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Dugout noun · 78% connection

either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game

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Ecarte noun · 78% connection

A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from…

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Faro noun · 78% connection

A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in wh…

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Fight noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

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Fighting noun · 78% connection

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhapp…

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