shindy

shin·dy

[shin-dee]
noun, plural shin·dies. Informal.
1.
a row; rumpus.
2.
a shindig.

Origin:
1810–20; variant of obsolete shinty row, orig., game resembling field hockey, shinny1

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shindy (ˈʃɪndɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -dies
1.  a quarrel or commotion (esp in the phrase kick up a shindy)
2.  another word for shindig
 
[C19: variant of shinty]

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Shindy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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