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shinplaster

shin·plas·ter [ shín plàstər ] (plural shin·plas·ters)


noun 
Definition:
 
devalued piece of paper money: a piece of low-value paper money, especially one issued in the United States during the Civil War

[Early 19th century. Because it resembled plaster used for leg plasters]
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