Definition of Shinnery

1. a dense growth of small trees [n -NERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shinnery

shining willow
shiningly
shiningness
shinings
shinjitai
shink
shinkansen
shinleaf
shinleafs
shinleaves
shinne
shinned
shinner
shinneries
shinners
shinnery (current term)
shinnes
shinney
shinneyed
shinneying
shinneys
shinnied
shinnies
shinning
shinny
shinnying
shinobi
shinobis
shinpad
shinpads

Literary usage of Shinnery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier by Edgar Rye (1909)
"'Well,' said Turner, 'I have been over this trail once before, and I think I know where an old trail enters the shinnery back of that knoll over there. ..."

2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"The sandy soils are dominated by sand bluestem (Andropogon hallii), little bluestem (A. scoparius), switch grass (Panicum virgatum), and sand shinnery oak. ..."

3. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"... and John shinnery killed and many wounded ; town quieted by military 4 Sept. (Leary and four others sentenced to penal servitude 10 Dec. ..."

4. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"The ear tick, while harmless as to fever, is a menace at times in the northern parts of the shinnery country of Texas. Coal oil or gasoline, ..."

5. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"The ear tick, while harmless as to fever, is a menace at times in the northern parts of the shinnery country of Texas. Coal oil or gasoline, ..."

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