shindy
Americannoun
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a row; rumpus.
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a shindig.
noun
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a quarrel or commotion (esp in the phrase kick up a shindy )
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another word for shindig
Etymology
Origin of shindy
1810–20; variant of obsolete shinty row, originally, game resembling field hockey, shinny 1
Example Sentences
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Bennett in-laws and ex-s turned up at Manhattan's glittery El Morocco, opened the nightclub shindy season.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Turks would treat any attacker to a first-rate shindy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, not many weeks ago I was in a far tighter place than this last little shindy of ours, and narrowly escaped with my life at the hands of the latter.”
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram
Then he struck at him, and there was a shindy.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
"Knock at the door, of course, and pull the bell, and dance a break-down on the steps, and make a shindy generally, so as to let 'em know we've come."
From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard
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