Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shindy

Shindy , noun

[Etymol. uncertain; compare Shinney, Shinty.]

1.
An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] — Thackeray
2.
Hockey; shinney. — Bartlett
3.
A fancy or liking. [Local, United States] — Bartlett