shindy
Americannoun
plural
shindies-
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
But for your unprincipled shindy I could have done a good hour’s more snooze with all the pleasure in life.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
If he comes when the Wakes are on there will be a shindy!...
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
This shindy must be stopped, or 'twill, I fear, Demoralise the pack!
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various
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