shinplasters

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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, or… …   Wikipedia

• shinleaf — noun North American evergreen with small pinkish bell shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters • Syn: ↑wild lily of the valley, ↑Pyrola elliptica • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( …   Useful english dictionary

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• shinleaf — /shin leef /, n., pl. shinleaves. 1. a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters. 2. any plant of the genus Pyrola. [1810 20, Amer.; SHIN1 + LEAF] * * * …   Universalium

• Resumption Act of 1875 — ▪ United States history       in U.S. history, culmination of the struggle between “soft money” forces, who advocated continued use of Civil War greenbacks, and their “hard money” opponents, who wished to redeem the paper money and resume a… …   Universalium

• specie payment — ▪ American finance       the redemption of U.S. paper money by banks or the Treasury in metallic (usually gold) coin.       Except for a few periods of suspension (1814–15, 1836–42, and 1857), Americans were able to redeem paper money for specie… …   Universalium

• Pyrola elliptica — noun North American evergreen with small pinkish bell shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters • Syn: ↑wild lily of the valley, ↑shinleaf • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• wild lily of the valley — noun 1. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters • Syn: ↑shinleaf, ↑Pyrola elliptica • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola 2. evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant… …   Useful english dictionary