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  • Whenever Shindy enters the room (such is the force of character), every table is deserted, every gentleman must dine as he best may, and all those big footmen are in terror.

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • Not, however, all evil, as I am proud to think, has been the influence of the Snob of England upon Clubs in general: — Captain Shindy is afraid to bully the waiters any more, and eats his mutton-chop without moving Acheron.

    The Book of Snobs 2006

  • "Shindy!" interrupted Newall with a scornful sniff.

    The Hero of Garside School

  • Even Shindy probably had some feeling for the poor woman he left at home.

    Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Captain Shindy, the Snob, does not tell us so plainly what is not a gentleman as does Colonel Newcome what is.

    Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Shindy is excellent, but the sidelong attack upon the episcopate is cruel.

    Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848

  • What can excel the telling of the story of Captain Shindy at his club, -- which is, I must own, as true as it is graphic.

    Thackeray Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Whenever Shindy enters the room (such is the force of character), every table is deserted, every gentleman must dine as he best may, and all those big footmen are in terror.

    The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • Not, however, all evil, as I am proud to think, has been the influence of the Snob of England upon Clubs in general: -- Captain Shindy is afraid to bully the waiters any more, and eats his mutton-chop without moving

    The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

  • "This is Free Hedgercation in Shindy," sez I. "They're as mad as March hares,

    Punch Among the Planets Various

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