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A plaster for the shin
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shinplaster
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Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulating widely in the frontier economies of the 19th century. These notes were in various places issued by banks , merchants, wealthy individuals and associations , either as banknotes ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shinplaster \Shin"plas`ter\, n. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]
WordNet
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n. paper money of little value issued on insufficient security
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical US Australia , and New Zealand informal English) An essentially worthless note of paper money. 2 (context historical Canada informal English) A 25ยข banknote.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also shin-plaster , piece of paper soaked in vinegar and used to treat sore legs, from shin (n.) + plaster (n.). In U.S. history, jocularly or as a term of abuse for "devalued low-denomination paper currency" (1824).
Usage examples of shinplaster.
By this means more than half of all the specie belonging to the fifteen millions of souls who compose the whole population of the country is thrown into the hands of the public office-holders, and other public creditors comprising in number perhaps not more than one quarter of a million, leaving the other fourteen millions and three quarters to get along as they best can, with less than one half of the specie of the country, and whatever rags and shinplasters they may be able to put, and keep, in circulation.