Definitions for "Shinplaster"
Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.
An American colloquial term for hand-written prommissory notes. The term was invented to describe paper currency only thought worth soaking in vinegar or tobacco juice as a poultice for bruises.
Canadian fractional banknotes
paper money of little value issued on insufficient security