单词 | shinplaster |
例句 | In the 1860s, the problem was hoarding — a side effect of the Civil War — so merchants, corporations and local governments tried printing their own money, called shinplasters. Who Will Miss the Coins When They’re Gone? 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z For emergency use there had been issued one-pound treasury notes that looked more like a "shinplaster" of our Civil War days than like a dignified British pound. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z The treasurer said that all the funds were in the safe, but only charred packages of Confederate “shinplasters” were found therein when the safe was opened. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z Mother, you received a letter from me sent last Wednesday, 22nd, of course, with a small quantity of shinplasters. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z Mine was on a horse at the head of the procession, but I had a ten-cent "shinplaster," with which I bought some biscuits of the man. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion “Whenever there’s a downturn or a shortage, maybe you just lived somewhere pretty rural, shinplasters filled that void.” Who Will Miss the Coins When They’re Gone? 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z During the war the silver currency had been out of circulation, its place being taken for awhile by postage stamps and afterward by "shinplasters," which were paper fractional parts of a dollar. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Thank ye, sah,” answered the black pocketing the shinplaster slipped into his hand, with alacrity. A Daughter of the Union The country was deluged with small notes, colloquially termed shinplasters. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Throughout most of the war they were supplemented by the notes of state banks, local token-money, and fractional currency, or "shinplasters," of the United States. The New Nation But it looked so much like the "shinplasters" we are forced to use, that no wonder they made the mistake. A Confederate Girl's Diary Small change was scarce, and fractional notes, called "shinplasters," were issued in many parts of the United States. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Twenty-five cent and one cent shinplasters were brought into camp and laughed at by men who were afterward glad to get shinplasters from another manufactory. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Moreover, the shinplasters were so badly printed that it was not hard to counterfeit them. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The druggist gave me, in the way of change, several miserably executed shinplasters. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer For change the barber gave them a sort of shinplaster money, each piece of which bore the legend: "Good for one shave or ten cents at the Palace Shaving Parlors, 16 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill." A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy The word of honour of a man who'd stoop to a trick as vile as I have doesn't amount to a continental shinplaster. The Fortune Hunter In the North a carpenter got three dollars a day, gold valuation; in the South he got fifty—payable in Confederate shinplasters worth a dollar a bushel. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. I've got five gold watches and right smart o' shinplasters, I don't reckon they'll pass in our parts, but I'm going to trade 'em off with some of these wounded chaps. The Iron Game A Tale of the War |
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