| 单词 | shin-plaster |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshin-plaster shin-plaster n. (a) Historical (originally U.S.), a square piece of paper saturated with vinegar, etc., used as a plaster for sore legs; (b) a piece of paper money, esp. one of a low denomination, depreciated in value, or not sufficiently secured; (c) Canadian a twenty-five cent bill; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote bank bill1682 bill1682 note1695 money bill1713 banknote1759 post-note1788 screen1789 stiff1823 flimsy1824 shin-plaster1824 billet1837 pennif1862 toadskin1867 currency note1891 dead president1944 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > Canadian shin-plaster1824 1824 Microscope (Albany, N.Y.) 15 May in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) We advise our friends to exchange their ‘shin plasters’ for ‘solid charms’ as soon as may be. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. xi. 238 I had taken the precaution in Louisiana of getting rid of my shin-plasters for hard specie. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 170 The ‘more money’ that is cried for, silver or shinplaster, is not the needed thing. 1887 Grip (Toronto) 2 Apr. 10/2 I will give further particulars on receipt of a shin-plaister. 1929 H. Colebatch Story of Hundred Years xxxvii. 458 The ‘shin-plasters’ of Connor, Doherty, and Durack, and of many hotel and store keepers, form the regularly accepted currency. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xvii. 308 I haven't a cent. Rhett, give me a few shin plasters. Here, Big Sam, buy some tobacco for yourself. 1962 H. Green Time to pass Over v. 77 Old Josh felt disposed to part with a few of his mouldy shinplasters. 1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Nov. 40/1 Some years ago I was working in Boulia, where there wasn't a bank. Shin plasters were issued by Mr. J. P. Howard who owned the hotel at Boulia. < as lemmas |
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