Shindy

·noun Hockey; shinney.

II. Shindy ·noun A fancy or liking.

III. Shindy ·noun An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.

shindy
A dance. SEA PHRASE. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shindy
A row; a spree. If this 'cre isn't that are singing chap agin. He's on a shindy somewhere or other ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
shindy
A kind of dance among seamen; but also a row. Apparently modernized from the old Erse sheean, clamou...

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