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shindy

UK/ˈʃɪndi/ uncommon dated slang us

noun

1.

a large and noisy party of people

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Origin

Uncertain; compare shinney, shinty. Tentatively suggested to be a compound of the Irish words seinn (“play, sing”) and tí (“house”).

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