shindy

[ shin-dee ]

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noun,plural shin·dies.Informal.

a row; rumpus.
a shindig.

Origin of shindy

1810–20; variant of obsolete shinty row, originally, game resembling field hockey, shinny¹

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How to use shindy in a sentence

Wouldn't you like to be back with us again, for the shindy that we are likely to have, tomorrow?
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. Henty
Mrs. Ranny told me he was up there, and I guessed there was a shindy.
Quin | Alice Hegan Rice
But then you know that when you called to me I really thought you were in for a shindy.
The Three Partners | Bret Harte
Call upon Dr Jolliffe indeed, to get a couple of school-boys, whom he had fleeced, into a shindy!
Dr. Jolliffe's Boys | Lewis Hough
Then we had a shindy, and scared the dogs cold—bagged a few, but I guess nobody croaked—anyhow, none of our crowd.
The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for shindy

shindy

/ (ˈʃɪndɪ) /

nounplural -dies informal

a quarrel or commotion (esp in the phrase kick up a shindy)
another word for shindig

Origin of shindy

C19: variant of shinty

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