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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Shindy \Shin"dy\, n.; pl. Shindies. [Etymol. uncertain; cf.
Shinney, Shinty.]
1. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang]
--Thackeray.
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2. Hockey; shinney. --Bartlett.
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3. A fancy or liking. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
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WordNet shindy
n : a large and noisy party of people [syn: shindig]

Moby Dictionary
Bedlam let loose , Kaffeeklatsch , ado , bal , bal costume , bal masque ,
ball , barn dance , barney , bash , bedlam , blast , blowout , bobbery ,
bother , brawl , broil , brouhaha , charivari , chirm , clamor , clangor ,
clap , clatter , cocktail party , coffee klatch , coil , commotion ,
costume party , country dance , dance , din , dinner , dinner party ,
discord , disturbance , donation party , donnybrook , donnybrook fair ,
drunken brawl , dustup , embroilment , entertainment ,
fancy-dress ball , festivity , flap , foofaraw , fracas , free-for-all ,
furore , fuss , garden party , hassle , hell broke loose ,
helter-skelter , hen party , hop , house party , house-raising ,
housewarming , howl , hubbub , hue and cry , hullabaloo , jangle ,
knock-down-and-drag-out , lawn party , loud noise , mask , masked ball ,
masque , masquerade , masquerade ball , masquerade party , melee ,
mixer , noise , noise and shouting , outcry , pandemonium , party ,
pell-mell , pother , prom , promenade , racket , rampage , rattle ,
record hop , rhubarb , riot , roar , rough-and-tumble , roughhouse , row ,
ruckus , ruction , rumble , rumpus , run-in , scramble , scrap , set-to ,
shindig , shivaree , shower , smoker , square dance , stag , stag dance ,
stag party , stir , surprise party , tea dance , the dansant , thunder ,
thunderclap , tintamarre , to-do , trouble , tumult , turmoil , uproar