Definition of Shinnied

1. Verb. (past of shinny) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shinnied

1. shinny [v] - See also: shinny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shinnied

shinkansen
shinleaf
shinleafs
shinleaves
shinne
shinned
shinner
shinneries
shinners
shinnery
shinnes
shinney
shinneyed
shinneying
shinneys
shinnied (current term)
shinnies
shinning
shinny
shinnying
shinobi
shinobis
shinpad
shinpads
shinplaster
shinplasters
shins
shinsplint
shinsplints
shintaido

Literary usage of Shinnied

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

1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"... boy shinnied up a pole and smashed a transformer," says the Major, and adds: "What can you do with children?" Then he turns to Tonder, ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"It's dangerous. Some o' th' cargo's loose, an' y'r might get caught yerself.' "Jimmie didn't wait f'r further orders but shinnied down inter that black hold ..."

3. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1916)
"He must have lost his nerve when he made out your smoke and shinnied up there to stow away, taking the ship's papers with him. He would have attached some ..."

4. Our Navy in the War with Spain by John Randolph Spears (1898)
"He "shinnied" up a rope to the rail of the Vizcaya, although her plates were red with the glowing heat, and dragging three terrorized Spaniards from the ..."

5. Our Navy in the War with Spain by John Randolph Spears (1898)
"He "shinnied" up a rope to the rail of the Vizcaya, although her plates were red with the glowing heat, and dragging three terrorized Spaniards from the ..."

6. Westward Hoboes: Ups and Downs of Frontier Motoring by Winifred Hawkridge Dixon (1921)
"Ours twirled his rope, lassoed an overhanging shrub at the top of the ledge, and shinnied up like a cat, twisted it twice about the shrubs and then around ..."

7. Personal Experiences of a Cub Reporter by Cornelius Vanderbilt (1922)
"... the heads of the authorities, and shoes and hammers made life quite exciting. Newspapermen who had been standing in -that region shinnied up lamp posts ..."

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