Definition of "shindy" [shin•dy]

• A commotion; an uproar. Also called shindig. (noun)
• See shindig. (noun)

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• "Would an American use the word shindy, which was London street slang for fight or row?"
• "But to tell the truth, I wouldn't miss what we used to call the shindy, and these boys of yours term the 'scrap' for a pile of Kruger sovereigns."
• "On the one hand, it is incredible that thousands of persons were out of their beds at ten minutes to nine A.M.; on the other, if they had sat up all night in the hope of a fight with the police they would most certainly have anticipated that diversion by a preliminary "shindy" among themselves, and have broken up in disorder."