| 单词 | shindy |
| 例句 | He has such a wonderful knack I am sure he might settle that shindy. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 25, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:30.783Z If he comes when the Wakes are on there will be a shindy!... Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z This shindy must be stopped, or 'twill, I fear, Demoralise the pack! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 2012-04-14T02:00:21.840Z It is the granddaughter's birthday, and there was a regular shindy about who was going to be asked. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z "My word, though, won't there be a shindy?" said Frederick, laughing. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z It's claws are showing, and they may want clipping, And shindy in the streets is just a pest; But Law, though lately once or twice found tripping, Won't interfere with the calm Civic nest. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z Well, the morning after you went there was a rare shindy, as you may imagine, when they found your manger empty. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Anderson is going to raise the old flag on Sumter, and of course there will be a great shindy here—I only wish you were with us to join in it. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z Well," said he, airily, "I'm off, don't you know, to see if I can find something to make me forget that society shindy. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Sometimes shindies got up though, and revolvers were used freely enough, but as a rule it was pretty quiet.” From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Then he struck at him, and there was a shindy. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z Oh! yes; there’s been a devil of a shindy. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z A scout has just come in and tells us the enemy are intrenched about 4 miles off, so that we shall have to-day a shindy of some kind. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z "Knock at the door, of course, and pull the bell, and dance a break-down on the steps, and make a shindy generally, so as to let 'em know we've come." A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z What if there were a sudden row and quarrel between some of the naturally inimical races—a sort of inter-tribal shindy between the Sikhs and the Pathans, for example? Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z I recollect another shindy I had when attending the traps. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z Down by the square one day I saw an old boy in white ducks and a sun helmet having a shindy with the sentry at the barracks. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z People I’ve talked with here say it was a dandy shindy while it lasted. The Ranchman 2011-08-27T02:00:21.017Z How shall I make my poor Voice heard ’Midst this brute shindy, brainless, mad? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, October 29, 1887 2011-08-20T02:00:11.307Z Most up to the boss in a shindy, now, wasn’t she? In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z I can imagine what a fuss they kicked up—what a shindy—all about nothing! A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z "Why are you kicking up the shindy of such a deuce's own hullabaloo?" A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z Why, man, we had the most infernal shindy yesterday ever kicked up between two full-blown lunatics. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z At last, raising his voice above the shindy, the whimsical sheriff succeeded in obtaining something like silence. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z But for your unprincipled shindy I could have done a good hour’s more snooze with all the pleasure in life. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z If I'm spotted there can only be a shindy. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z He might have killed us; and, besides that, I can tell you we did kick up a shindy in the Rue Rabelais. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z All observers must have been struck with their quite Hibernian fondness for a shindy. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The saloons drove literally a roaring trade, for the shindy that went on in them as the night wore on, and their habitués waxed livelier, was something indescribable. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “To oblige me by not mentioning this little shindy to any one—will you?” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z And so Tay Pay transgressed the bounds of taste, And led to shameful shindy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 5th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.440Z Only a Petrel, I, But when my form you spy,— Look out for shindy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 12th 1893 2011-05-21T02:00:09.207Z And at last, one day he found 'er out, and there was an awful shindy and he said as 'e'd leave her if she didn't knock it off. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Why, not many weeks ago I was in a far tighter place than this last little shindy of ours, and narrowly escaped with my life at the hands of the latter.” Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z “Did you get hit in that shindy just now?” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z “You see, the Marigold kicks up quite a shindy when the sea is choppy.” The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z "Here's a shindy, by George!" cried Mr. M'Farland,—the Pickle, and the wit of the Establishment,—"I say, see how the new ones are getting it!" The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The shindy makes common sense sad: It seems from occurrences recent The mass of the House must be mad! Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z There'll be a shindy if he gets away, because he's got a lot of rich relations I believe; somebody's sure to say it's a put up job. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z For my part I don’t believe there’ll be a shindy at all. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I have been sorry since, for I suspect it was a Home Rule meeting, and Limerick has a great reputation for shindies. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Suffice, it was a regular kingly shindy, and all engaged in it were of the blood royal. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Well, I'm going to see this shindy out in the States now. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "There's such a fiendish shindy down there we won't be heard, and the wind is from that quarter." The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z My little girl, she tumbled into the nettles late last evening, and, lor! wasn't there a shindy! The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z The result is," he went on, "that whenever we have a meeting, no matter which side it's on, there's sure to be a shindy, and the police has their hands full. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Since I knew anything of life myself, I always found that if there was three people mixed up in a shindy there was no hope of settling it, on any terms. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I intended to take a look through your cabin, on general principles, the first night out—and I happened along just as your servant and that other fellow staged their shindy outside your state-room. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z You'll see P�l� kicking up a shindy there simply to perfection. The White Man's Foot 2010-12-28T03:00:15.167Z Yes, there will be a shindy; but that is not the worthy Massignac's principal danger. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z I don't know—the people wouldn't know themselves, most likely; but there's many of them would welcome the chance for a shindy, if the police wasn't there. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Then he took an excursion into our grandfathers and grandmothers, and at last came back to the present generation and the shindy. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z "There's a big shindy up at the Sacred Bo-tree," the other added. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z What is sickness, after all, but just one of the phenomenons of all organic and inorganic matter—a regular sort of shindy in a man's inside, like a thunderstorm, or a hurry-cane outside? The Fortunes Of Glencore "If the thing goes wrong," said a man by my side, "we shall see a shindy." The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z "Ah, miss," retorted the man, his eyes twinkling, "you could start the prettiest shindy you ever saw by getting all the gardeners in Ireland together, and asking them to decide which was the true shamrock!" The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z It was plain that he was Irish, and not averse to a bit of a shindy. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop In the midst of which shindy the door opened, and in walked Haviland. Haviland's Chum “It’s rather rough on me, this shindy,” he continued as they found themselves outside again. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "The Governor has got wind of our shindy, and put all the red-coats in arrest, and ordered the police to nab us too." A Day's Ride A Life's Romance A charm undefined seems to hallow it there, After Tanner's loud shindy and Conybeare's blare. There was another shindy in the entry; this time they all got hold of me, like a pack of hounds, and wrestled me back against the wall. The Golgotha Dancers The captain's kicked up an awful shindy at losing them. The Head Girl at the Gables It was safe to produce a shindy sooner or later.” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Hargrave, the second brother, was the fellow that made that shindy in the Mauritius, and our friend Shalley isn't a conjuror. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance To add to the shindy, all the women and children in the kraal were shrilly yelling out jeers at the retreating adversary, and three or four snarling curs lent their yapping to the uproar. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley They would travel for hours to a dance or a wedding, drink and dance quietly together for a while, and finally break into the real object of their visit,--the general shindy. Black Forest Village Stories I never can recollect the names of places—at all events, there's to be an awful shindy somewhere, and England is the only safe place to go to. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Besides, I’m nothing of a boxer, and if I were should hate a shindy just as much.” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "Here's a shindy!" said Grog, as he mixed himself a fresh tumbler and laid his arms crosswise on the table; "and so it's no less than the whole stakes is on this match?" Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day So I perceive," replied Swaby; "and they have no objection to a 'shindy' there too, sometimes. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Ye say, we wint over by Rossville last night and had a bit av a shindy and cleaned out a sutler's shop. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign They've put up several very nasty little shindies at one place or another. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys Well, the day before the two of them ran away–or the day before they found the girls, rather–there’d been a fine shindy at the Hoovers. A Campfire Girl's Happiness Only it’s curious how he gets mixed up in this shindy of ours.” The Missourian I put them down behind a big rock before the little shindy began.’- Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers There always is a shindy when a fellow is put up out of his turn. Marion Fay Elmer Skidder, arriving at the studio next morning in his brand new limousine, heard about the shindy and went into the club to inspect the wreckage. The Crimson Tide A Novel A little later a great shindy broke out in the darkness, and I heard voices calling loudly for a rally in the name of some guild or society. The O'Ruddy A Romance “You see,” he added, “we were both colts when our little shindy up there broke loose.” The Missourian Bill urged; “there’s like t’ be 144 a bit of a shindy that Sir Archibald hisself would be glad t’ have a hand in.” Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys The noise of the shindy brought up the other two, and then the argument got pretty hot. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron In all Battle Row there has not been a scrap, let alone an old-time shindy, since the "accommodation flats" came upon the scene. The Battle with the Slum It was as fine a shindy as one could hope to witness, and I was deeply interested. The O'Ruddy A Romance And, as luck would have it, all the peasants saw us at that moment and they kicked up a shindy at once. The Brothers Karamazov But to tell the truth, I wouldn't miss what we used to call the shindy, and these boys of yours term the 'scrap' for a pile of Kruger sovereigns. The Dop Doctor He isn't going to make a shindy over a trifle like this? Dolly Reforming Herself A Comedy in Four Acts Or suppose the difference were even less defensible; suppose a man had suffered from a trifling shindy with his wife. What I Saw in America Their great point was that if a shindy was coming they had a moral right to be mixed up in it. The O'Ruddy A Romance And then the commander of the division arrived, and kicked up the devil of a shindy. The Brothers Karamazov "It's always new-comers as stirs up shindies," growled a miner who, having reached the surface a few minutes earlier, formed one of the expectant group. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines The atmosphere of this place is getting beastly, just like the common room on the day when the shindy was. The Hero of Garside School She grows quite white if she hears people fighting; if there is a "row" or a "shindy," as they say here. The Light of Scarthey Their comrade had stolen off and was already in a “shindy” at the rear of the store. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters “Fine weather, ain’t it, after the shindy that ‘rude Boreas’ kicked up two days ago?” With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Kape your eye on them; and mind, if we get separated in the shindy, I'm not the lad to desert a friend. The Copper Princess A Story of Lake Superior Mines I picked it up while the shindy was going on between you and Paul in the common room. The Hero of Garside School Faith they all enlist, ye know, Though their ructions and their shindies fail to charm me, Bad language, howls, and hate put an end to fair debate In the "Ballyhooly" Parliamentary Army. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, August 13, 1887 I apologize for thinking ye didn’t like a shindy as well as the rest of us. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters "We had a bit of a shindy," he said desperately, trying to give it a tragic accent, "and I bumped my head." The Varmint There was a deuce of a shindy when three fat johnnies tried to pull me out of my compartment. A Son of the Immortals I want some fun, and there'll be a shindy if I don't get it. A harum-scarum schoolgirl It would be awkward for you to have a regular shindy about it, my man, but that’s what it’ll come to if I don’t get my money.” The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story It'll be just as well for Antony to know that they look forward to a shindy before very long, but they ain't equal to kicking it up in cold blood just yet. The Path to Honour "No shindy, sah!" said Bosambo—being sure that all people of his city were standing about at a respectful distance, awe-stricken by the sight of their chief on equal terms with this new white lord. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country Besides, being an Irish boy, he dearly loved a "shindy," and Winnipeg's wide streets provided ample room in which to dodge a too powerful enemy. Irish Ned The Winnipeg Newsy My word, what a shindy there would be with the big stones—lumps of ice, I suppose, they would be in a place like this—hammering down upon the zinc roof.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites He also scented some rare shindies in the game Yaspard was playing, and Harry, seeing that the situation was an awkward one, agreed. Viking Boys Born in a squabble, he dies in a shindy: in his cradle he squeals a challenge; his latest groan is a sound of defiance. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 You’ve kicked up a pretty shindy among my men, Mister Edgar, since you went under. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters We didn’t see him, but he ordered silence, an’ after a while we discovered that there was no reason whatever for the shindy. Fighting the Flames “No use in kicking up a shindy, so come along with us and make the best of it, as many another lad has done.” The Rival Crusoes The rival bands met, the rival processions met and locked, and there was a regular shindy. The Ffolliots of Redmarley But that's because she's Irish, I think; you know Irish people do like a bit of a shindy once in awhile. I've Married Marjorie I met there the king of all special correspondents, and had an immediate shindy with him. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography It did kick up such a shindy sometimes! Fighting the Flames "It seems they can stay quiet just so long, and then their animal nature breaks loose for a shindy." For the Liberty of Texas As I came up I thought there might be a shindy. p. Memoirs They were kicking up a horrible shindy when I passed the dining-room—the hospital, as Dobson calls it—so I opened the door and peeped in. My Doggie and I If I don’t do my work I’m whacked; if I rebel and kick up a shindy I’m whacked wuss; if I tries to run away I’m whacked till I’m dead. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story No, no, Loo; why, it’s only just bin done up all snug by the doctor, who’d kick up a pretty shindy if he found I had undid it. The Iron Horse What a shindy you have made, bowling us all down like ninepins! Jacob Faithful But, my word, there’s getting to be a shindy to-night and no mistake. The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap There’s going to be a regular shindy this morning!” Clayhanger There was nearly a shindy, I can tell you, only Jim said we’d better walk into the chap on our way back. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Once, as he came up in this way, Tom Jerrold caught him full in the face with a bucket of water he was pitching at me; and wasn’t there a shindy over it, that’s all! Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea “Frightful job to get old Parson to turn up,” said Telson, taking his fourth go-in of potted meat; “he thought you were going to row him about that shindy in the Parliament!” The Willoughby Captains Plenty of time for a shindy in the evening.” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life "Don't apologize, Sir," answered the General, "don't apologize; for I see that to your youthful habit of going to negro shindies we owe your truthful pictures of negro life." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 I’m certain, if he’d backed me up, we could have hacked over the lot of them; and I shouldn’t have lost that spare pair of bags, which I forgot all about in the shindy. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Who started the shindy last night that’s fetched us all in here? Tom, Dick and Harry One of mine was right in his eye, and there was a shindy made, and I got sixty lines from Fairbairn.” The Willoughby Captains They then took him to show him off in the lobbies, deserting him once or twice, to his consternation, in order to greet some crony or take part in a mild shindy in the studies. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The short one nodded, although he looked disappointed that I hadn't allowed him the fun of a shindy. Highways in Hiding Josh had a shindy once with a groom. The Adventures of Harry Revel Bless you, it was such a rush and shindy, no one could see anybody. Tom, Dick and Harry "Wouldn't you like to be back with us again, for the shindy that we are likely to have, tomorrow?" Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War "Mrs. Ranny told me he was up there, and I guessed there was a shindy." Quin To them the knocking down of two or three ordinary men was a mere pastime, and as our readers know the wonderful Cad was not much behind when it came to a shindy. Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field Well, I was a year at Heidelberg, you know, and a fellow there told me that one evening, in a caf� at Temesvar, a student kicked up a shindy by singing that song. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York They kicked up a shindy with some bar-loungers, an' the fur flew. The Captain of the Kansas There'd been a shindy up the row, and just then a soldier friend came running. Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest But don't you forget what I told you when you and he had a shindy on board. The Woman's Way These people hear a shindy going on in the laboratory in `—` Street, and conclude that he's holding the wrong sort of tea-party. Foe-Farrell The cellar is being made ready for occupancy during the shindy, if it comes. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium The words of Jimmy Martin flashed through his brain: "I doubt if the police'll do much unless the relatives kick up a shindy." Swirling Waters They do have some sort of shindy—not interesting to any one but a folk-lorist. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story If that chap's around this region, he's come out on purpose to kick up some sort of a shindy. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight Then we had a shindy, and scared the dogs cold—bagged a few, but I guess nobody croaked—anyhow, none of our crowd. The Second Latchkey Well, Tom, this is your shindy, and whatever you say goes. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories I doubt if the police'll do much unless the relations kick up a shindy. Swirling Waters Guess he bust in the Wall Street shindy last week.” The Debtor A Novel "Well, 'Brick,' old boy," said the scout genially, although his thin face was as solemn as ever; "so you fellows have come back to be in the shindy?" Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier "If there is to be a shindy, I'm in for it," said Compton. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa They've got a knack for getting into a shindy on the slightest provocation and I look to you to keep them out of trouble. Bert Wilson in the Rockies A wholesome shindy, so soon as toga and long skirts arrive, is looked upon as positively wrong; even the dear old institution of the "cut" is falling into disrepute. Certain Personal Matters “It's an awful shindy,” Eddy said, still in that tone of strange glee, to his sister. The Debtor A Novel Over on the port side of the deck a royal shindy seemed to be preparing. The Blood Ship Stark used to borrow money from him in the old days, you know, until they had a devil of a shindy over an I.O.U. and the friendship bust. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame See! there's your nag kicking up a shindy,' he said to Caingey Thornton, as the redoubtable brown was led down the street by a jean-jacketed groom, kicking and lashing out at everything he came near. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour There was a frightful shindy, Carew wanting to have his blood, and all the rest of us trying to prevent a row. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches You didn't hear about the little shindy we had here last night, sir? Mike Fletcher A Novel There was a mighty shindy, and when the farmer was told his victim was a prominent English peer, he retorted:— 'Well, that won't make him a judge of an Irish gentleman.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent There were the women fighting there, and the men fighting, and there was a great shindy, some with black eyes, and some with heads cut so that the blood ran down on the road. The English Gipsies and Their Language "You oughtn't object to a good shindy, Molly," slyly observed her husband. The Voice in the Fog The three rather recent acquaintances who were Maurice's end of the shindy, had all gaped, and then howled, when told that the dinner was to celebrate his marriage. The Vehement Flame I got a whole heap more out of that shindy than a black eye and a pretty mouth. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Tom took a brush and kicked up, as Aunt Church expressed it, no end of a shindy. The Rebel of the School “Applico” to shindy we have the word ROW, meaning nearly the same thing and as nearly Gipsy in every respect as can be. The English Gipsies and Their Language Your mother will have a black eye in the morning, or I don't know a shindy when I see it. The Voice in the Fog As for Maurice, he thought that it didn't really matter about the ladies, faded or not; they were Eleanor's end of the shindy. The Vehement Flame Then followed a grand and complicated shindy—one of those charming Parisian literary rows which excite the newspapers for days! Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 And that sort of shindy's no good for the school. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India “To cut up shindies” was the first form in which this extraordinary word reached the public. The English Gipsies and Their Language In the shindy of life every body must have his head broken two or three times, and in our country 'tis a man's duty to fall on his feet. Trumps "If you'd come here and found the place cold and nothing to eat you'd have made a bit of a shindy." Nocturne They’ve been trying to…” but lost the rest in the general shindy. The Jervaise Comedy I hoped—everyone thought—there was going to be some sort of shindy. The Keeper of the Door In the English letter there was a chingari—a shindy; in the German they have a tshinger, which is nearly the same word, and means the same. The English Gipsies and Their Language There was a freight-conductor named Jackson that he had a shindy with in Mr. Ferguson's time, and it came to blows. The Taming of Red Butte Western But come back in and buy a bottle, or I shall be let in for a shindy. The Lion's Share It is getting a big bore, When, with tempers hot as Indies, Heroes smash each other's windies, Pursuing of their shindies about Afric's shore. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 "Well, they did have a shindy," repeated L'Enfant Terrible. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper It's a will that was made in Venice I don't know how long ago—just after your aunt died and you had that appalling and final shindy by correspondence about the lease of this house. The Great Adventure Awful shindy yesterday!--between the farmers and the millers. Lady Merton, Colonist My goodness! there was a shindy down in the earth—you could hear them rolling and kicking like anything. Marcella In brief, there would occur an altercation and a shindy. The Plain Man and His Wife In more than one shindy, growing out of the discussion of the great question of the day, I suffered the penalty of a bloody nose or a blackened eye for standing up for my side. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights Ten to one there is a shindy, ending in tea and tearful smiles; for she is bound to get a blowing up. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series The people are too deeply interested in football, starting prices, rates, public parks, sliding scales, excursions to Blackpool, and municipal shindies, to concern themselves with organists as such. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Cease shindy, and on a new course make advance, Mates, Where sense and humanity beckon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891 We strongly expected to be attacked that night, and were all ready for a shindy; the artillery loaded with grape, and port-fires lighted, &c. Campaign of the Indus He made too much shindy, and when he ought to have been bidding he was talking about liens, and, besides, Potter was a bit down on him. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents But when all the long windy shindy is o'er, He, like Oliver Twist, is found "asking for Moor!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 6, 1890 No, he ain't got the goods, but he is dead wise to some things, and he didn't get out of that shindy up stairs without getting hurt. The Case and the Girl Ah! such a shindy ne'er was seen, such riot and such rage— It was the finest "rally" ever seen on any stage! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891 After this every company that came in had a shindy at the gate; the fact was, that the enemy took every company for the last, and therefore made a desperate attempt to escape through it. Campaign of the Indus The next morning there was a fine shindy at breakfast. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents I say, you rascal with the hurdy-gurdy, More than enough of that vile shindy; drop it! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890 As we passed through deep cuttings, places, as it were, built for defence, there was a general desire that the tedium of the night should be relieved by a shindy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator You see, they know they needn't show their noses around here fer a long time now; not until this here shindy's had a chance to blow over an' be forgotten. The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake Bessie King in Summer Camp "Easy job too; never had to fire a shot, and only hit one fellow; he started a shindy in there," with a glance toward the dining-room. Love under Fire Jennie was his wife's friend, and, by no invitation of Mr. Coombes, she came in every blessed Sunday to dinner, and made a shindy all the afternoon. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories My walls you will not tumble By windy shindy, and you ought to know it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 2, 1890 They have been kicking up a rare shindy most of the night in the covert close to the house. A Cotswold Village I might have to fight the lot of them, and that meant a noble public shindy. Mr. Standfast "He was with me till that last shindy started; then when you called for more men in the kitchen I sent him an' Flynn out there." Love under Fire Oh, it didn't take long to arrive there, those who arrived at all; The machine guns were certainly chronic, the shindy enough to appal. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man And then we swooped down on Menindie To run for the President's Cup — Oh! that's a sweet township — a shindy To them is board, lodging, and sup. The Man from Snowy River "Their fault for not kicking up a shindy," said the free-born Americans. The Happy Foreigner I have had a shindy with Burrows, dear—rather a bad one. Sir George Tressady — Volume II The whole love affair had been one long shindy, with many little ones in between! The Road to Damascus Our dress was costly; not that it had much lace and gold on it, but that, what between falling on the road at night, shindies at mess, and other devilment, a coat lasted no time. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 "There is a shindy in the town, your honour," he said to the colonel. With Moore at Corunna The moving galley's bow was plunking them back through their own oar-holes, and I could hear the devil of a shindy in the decks below. Indian Tales "The merest urchin may light the train; one handful of mud often ignites a shindy that ends in a most bloody battle." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 I don't care if there is a shindy over it. Colonel Thorndyke's Secret Reggie told me it was splendid; he never saw a better shindy. The History of David Grieve Oh, a lovely shindy he kicked up afterwards, too. The Storm He felt the sudden Celtic surging of a natural impulse to run with his kind, to swing the cudgel valiantly for the cause, and to ask questions after the shindy was over. All-Wool Morrison Well, don't let us have a shindy on the bricks; there is a nice little paddock outside. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day I didn't get no orders, sor, so I don't know, but there was the divil's own shindy in the height of progression when I left. Blindfolded Then if folk spoke true there would be a shindy worth joining in. The History of David Grieve Ah, true," replied Peterkin, "and a precious shindy you kicked up in consequence. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean "What is a shindy?" inquired the governess, always anxious to improve her knowledge of the language. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Friend and foe were mixed up in one grand shindy, and for many minutes the battle continued without intermission. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 He lets every other benefit have it and he certainly wouldn't object to a few poor chorus girls pulling off a shindy, seeing as how they did so much for his success. The Sorrows of a Show Girl Many a shindy have I had here in my uncle’s time, under the very windows, before the chase was disparked, when the fellows used to come down after the deer.’ Yeast: a Problem Jack, a good deal subdued by what Olympia had left unsaid, rather than what she had said, blurted out: "It was a campus shindy: Vint led the rebel side and they got licked, that's all." The Iron Game A Tale of the War Why, don't you know what a shindy is? In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters I took his part, and there was a bit of a shindy. The Secret of the Tower For this was an occasion when you couldn't argue or floor anybody, or hope to make Mac "hoppin' mad," or have the smallest kind of a shindy. The Magnetic North They had three or four shindies and killed one man over the proper way to divide the loot after they had got it. The Mystery There had been an encounter there, a kind of local shindy, between him and his tenants, when they prevented him from removing hay in August last. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Probably she thinks to this day that a shindy is an exceptionally good hospital. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters Well, there was a big shindy and the athletic committee got busy and considered his case. The New Boy at Hilltop We're in for a nice little shindy now, as sure as guns. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Father took a wonderful shindy to her, for even old men can't help liking beauty. Nature and Human Nature At four sharp, whole town of Egaja plunged into emotion, and worse shindy. Travels in West Africa It may, in all truth, be a "shindy," thought he, but it had led a gallant life. Green Fancy The poultry dealer asserted that although friend Lebigre hadn't the stuff of an orator in him, they might safely reckon on him when the "shindy" came. The Fat and the Thin There was another shindy in a big room on the ground floor, full of sick, standing up or kneeling on their beds, scantily covered with red blankets, and all shouting "Gracia!" Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville There was the making of a sanguinary shindy in the thing. Lord Jim O'Reilly was no coward, and he possessed the national love of a shindy. The Young Explorer But he will stop short of his neighbour's dust-patch; for the morning is really too hot for a shindy. Pagan Papers So I says, "Pay for the room or not pay for the room, you didn't pay to make that shindy!" The Beetle "Don't kick up such a shindy," broke out Johnny, as a much stained handkerchief came flapping about. Magnum Bonum Fact is, I've had a devil of a shindy with Jack, and Maggie's run off, and, anyhow, I couldn't possibly stop in the same house with Jack tonight.' The Grim Smile of the Five Towns Pursuing his way, pondering on the fatality that had brought about collisions on two Sundays running, he met the cattle, and found the party in some excitement; they too had had a shindy. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland "You can't make me believe, old fraud," says Marthereau, "that you can raise a single snore with a shindy like this all round you." Under Fire: the story of a squad Y'see they take a lot of driving, and I don't want to lay an accident on top of that unholy shindy....' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life "Well, you little donkey, there's such a shindy at the Croft as you never heard." Magnum Bonum Cries also were heard, of "Handspikes and a shindy!" Omoo All the same he's a remarkable child, and we'd better behave as if we were in for a real shindy. Huntingtower "Well, that will be a shindy!" said Caroline. Sybil, or the Two Nations I'm glad he's got that much out of his big shindy. The Judgment House "I bet you Sandy rather enjoyed kicking up that shindy." The Getting of Wisdom For a minute or so there was a lively shindy on top of that knoll. The Portygee I think we are in for what you call a shindy. Huntingtower But then you know that when you called to me I really thought you were in for a shindy. The Three Partners I'm sorry I skeert that old preacher, but he came upon me in the picture hall so suddent, that it was a mighty close call, I tell you, to get off without a shindy. Tales of Trail and Town "Then why the devil kick up such an infernal shindy about it?" Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Don't think he's seen her since that shindy over the Deputation. The Master of Mrs. Chilvers Dutch Mike crawled from his haven and ran into the street crying for the watch instead of for a Shakespeare to immortalize the Cimmerian shindy. Strictly business: more stories of the four million He gathered from the papers that writers, painters, musicians, were holding shindies almost every night, at which delightful rebels, too busy to occupy themselves with actual creation, talked charmingly about their plans. Where the Blue Begins Marks, shindies, prayers and punishments, all flavoured with the leathery stuffiness of time-worn Big Hall.... The New Machiavelli |
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