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Shindy
//ˈʃɪndi// noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A shindig. countable, uncountable
"She and Eileen are giving a shindy for Gladys—that's Gerald's new acquisition, you know. So if you don't mind butting into a baby-show we'll run down."
- 2 a large and noisy party of people wordnet
- 3 An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. countable, slang, uncountable
""[…] I've married her. And I know there will be an awful shindy at home.""
- 4 hockey; shinney countable, uncountable
"[…] what is even more disgusting still, I have seen children playing at "shindy" in a Churchyard, a skull used as a substitute for a ball, and large fragments of leg or arm-bones in the place of sticks."
- 5 A fancy or liking. US, countable, dated, dialectal, uncountable
""Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. […]""
Etymology
Uncertain; compare shinney, shinty. Tentatively suggested to be a compound of the Irish words seinn (“play, sing”) and tí (“house”).
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