shindy

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Poor Mrs. Shindy and the children are, meanwhile, in dingy lodgings somewhere, waited upon by a charity-girl in pattens.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace

What can excel the telling of the story of Captain Shindy at his club,—which is, I must own, as true as it is graphic.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony

Captain Shindy is another sort of Club bore.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace

This is Free Hedgercation in Shindy," sez I. "They're as mad as March hares, All these Limboites, dear Miss DIANNER.

From Punch Among the Planets by Various

All their duty but to make Shindy day and night, Now with throats of thunder, Now with clattering lips, While she thumps them cruelly With stretched finger-tips.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 by Various