shinplaster (shinplaster)

1. A small square patch of brown paper, usually saturated with vinegar, tar, tobacco-juice, or the like, applied by poor people to sores on the leg. [U. S.] Hence, humorously-2. A small paper note used as money; a printed promise to pay a small sum i ued as money without legal security. The name came into early use in the United States for notes i ued on private responsibility, in denominations of from three to fifty cents, as tutes for the small coins withdrawn from circulation during a suspension of specie payments; people were there fore obliged to accept them, although very few of them were ever redeemed. Such notes abounded during the financial panic beginning with 1837, and during the early part of the civil war of 1861-5. After the latter period they were replaced by the fractional notes i ued by the government and properly secured, to which the name was transferred. [Slang, U. S.] shinti-yan, shintigan (shin'ti-yan, -gan), n. Wide, loose trousers or drawers worn by the women of Moslem nations. They are tied around the waist by a string running loosely through a hem, and tied below the knees, but are usually full enough to hang lower than this, the loose part sometimes reaching to the feet. They are generally made of cotton, or silk and cotton, with colored stripes. 5575