shindig
[shin-dig]
- an elaborate or large dance, party, or other celebration.
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Origin of shindig
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Contemporary Examples
Also at the shindig were Jemma and Jodie Kidd, Pixie Lott, Anna, Hamish and the rest.
Historical Examples
"It's no Pike County shindig," had responded the floor-manager, cheerfully.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other StoriesBret Harte
Why, we got this shindig up, he noted irreverently, just so Miss Lane could sing at it.
The Girl From His TownMarie Van Vorst
Besides, a bit of argument is entertaining, and brings life into the shindig.
Simon Eichelkatz; The PatriarchUlrich Frank
All right,” I says to myself; “but just wait till this shindig is over.
Alec Lloyd, CowpuncherEleanor Gates
They told me that they was some sort of shindig at Mr. Hardwick's to-night.
The Power and the GloryGrace MacGowan Cooke
shindig
- a noisy party, dance, etc
- another word for shindy
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Word Origin
C19: variant of shindy
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Word Origin and History for shindig
n.
"dance, party, lively gathering," 1871, probably from shindy "a spree, merrymaking" (1821), also "a game like hockey;" perhaps from shinty, name of a Scottish game akin to hockey (1771), earlier shinny (see shinny (n.)).
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