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shindig
shindig
English
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La Walse (The Waltz, published 1810) by James Gillray, collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK
Noun
shindig (plural shindigs)
- A noisy party or festivities.
- 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “XIX”, in Babbitt, III:
- "That's a darn shame. Well–I suppose you're waiting for somebody to take you out to some big shindig, Sir Gerald." "Shindig? Oh. Shindig. No, to tell you the truth, I was wondering what the deuce I could do this evening […] "
- 1950, Sunset Blvd., 45:01 from the start:
- There was bound to be a New Year's shindig going on in his apartment down on Las Palmas.