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Shildy vs Shindy - What's the difference?

shildy | shindy |

As an adjective shildy

is (rare|dialectal|or|obsolete) guilty, at fault, in debt.

As a noun shindy is

a shindig.

shildy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (rare, dialectal, or, obsolete) Guilty, at fault, in debt.

    • shindy

    English

    Noun

    (shindies)
  • A shindig.
  • * 1939 , John Boynton Priestley, Let the People Sing
    • "Well, from what I hear," Dr. Buckie went on, complacently, "there'll be more shindies . So look out!"
  • (slang) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
    • (Thackeray)
  • hockey; shinney
    • (Bartlett)
  • (US, dialect, dated) A fancy or liking.
    • (Bartlett)