Sentence:  I always do sit with my hands in my pockets except when I am in the company of my sisters, my cousins, or my aunts; and they kick up such a <WSD>shindy</WSD>—I should say expostulate so eloquently upon the subject—that I have to give in and take them out—my hands I mean. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.