2 February 2018

shindig

[shin-dig]

noun, Informal.

1. an elaborate or large dance, party, or other celebration.

Origin of shindig

1855-1860, Americanism; shin1+ dig1; compare slang shinscraper dance

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Examples from the Web for shindig

Contemporary Examples

Also at the shindig were Jemma and Jodie Kidd, Pixie Lott, Anna, Hamish and the rest.
Beckham at Belstaff Party on Bond Street: “I’ll Have a Becks, Please.”
Tom Sykes
September 15, 2013

Historical Examples

“It’s no Pike County shindig,” had responded the floor-manager, cheerfully.
Mrs. Skaggs’s Husbands and Other Stories
Bret Harte

Why, we got this shindig up, he noted irreverently, just so Miss Lane could sing at it.
The Girl From His Town
Marie Van Vorst

Anagram

dishing
hidings
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On this day

2 February 1943 – the German 6th Army surrenders to Soviet forces in Stalingrad.

2 February 1964 – Hasbro launches G.I. Joe (‘Government Issue Joe), an Armed Forces toy.

2 February 1971 – Idi Amin declares himself President of Uganda and launches a genocidal program that massacres between 80,000 and 300,000 people.

2 February 1990 – South African President, F.W. De Klerk orders the release of Nelson Mandela from jail. Mandela had served 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid work with the African National Congress. De Klerk also lifted the 30 year ban on the ANC.