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Uproars
Answer for the clue "Uproars ", 8 letters:
shindies
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n. (plural of shindy English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shindy \Shin"dy\, n.; pl. Shindies . [Etymol. uncertain; cf. Shinney , Shinty .] An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] --Thackeray. Hockey; shinney. --Bartlett. A fancy or liking. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett.
Usage examples of shindies.
The forest echoed with the clatter of shindies and the shriek of blowhards.
This last affair, however, made me seriously uneasy, because if his exquisite sensibilities were to go the length of involving him in pot-house shindies, he would lose his name of an inoffensive, if aggravating, fool, and acquire that of a common loafer.