英语词汇shinplaster的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

shinplaster. During the Civil War, beginning in 1862, the North issued paper currency of from 3-cent to 50-cent denom- inations that were humorously called shinplasters. The old story that they were so named because an anonymous soldier plas- tered his shin wound with them probably isn’t true, because pa- per money had been called shinplasters as early as 1824. More likely they were dubbed shinplasters because such paper money often became valueless and was good for nothing but plastering the shins.

词汇	shinplaster
词源	shinplaster. During the Civil War, beginning in 1862, the North issued paper currency of from 3-cent to 50-cent denom- inations that were humorously called shinplasters. The old story that they were so named because an anonymous soldier plas- tered his shin wound with them probably isn’t true, because pa- per money had been called shinplasters as early as 1824. More likely they were dubbed shinplasters because such paper money often became valueless and was good for nothing but plastering the shins.
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