1886. Congregationalist, 4 Feb. Mother was always hecterin' me about getting married, and wantin' I should shine up to this likely girl and that.
1886. McClintock, Beedle's Marr. I took a great shine to the schoolma'am.
4. (common).—Money: generic: see Rhino.
1842. Egan, Bould Yeoman [Captain Macheath]. Then the High-toby gloque drew his cutlass so fine; Says he to the farmer, you or I for the shine.
5. (venery).—In pl. = copulation: see Greens and Ride.
6. (military).—A flash: e.g., from a rifle.
1892. Kipling, Barrack Room Ballads, 'The Young Brotish Soldier.' Shoot low at the limbers an' don't mind the shine.
Shiner, subs. (old).—A coin:
spec. a gold piece. In pl. =
money: generic: Also shino
and shinery.
1760. Foote, The Minor, ii. To let a lord of lands want shiners, 'tis a shame.
1781. Messink, Choice of Harlequin, 'Ye Scamps, &c.' First you touch the shiners.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, 27. Who knows but if coax'd he may shell out the shiners.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, iii. i. But when from his pocket the shiners he drew, And offered to 'make up the hundred to two.'
1839. Dickens, Oliver Twist, xix. 'Fagin,' said Sykes, . . . 'is it worth fifty shiners extra, if it's safely done from the outside?'
1848. Durivage, Stray Subjects, 82. In one corner . . . was stowed away a goodly quantum of the shiners.
1857. Reade, Never too Late to Mend, i. We'll soon fill both pockets with the shinery in California.
1886-96. Marshall, 'Pomes' from the Pink 'Un, 8. I don't want a shiner that's only splashed.
1892. Chevalier, Idler, June, 549. I've got a little nipper, when 'e talks, I'll lay yer forty shiners to a quid, You'll take 'im for the father, me the kid.
1890. Detroit Free Press, 10 May. Come, down with the shino.
2. (old).—A looking-glass (Grose and Vaux).
3. (common).—A silk hat.
1885. Francis, On Angling, 179. A tall black hat, or one of the genus called shiner, I do not recommend.
1902. D. Telegraph, 31 Oct. 10, 6. The little man with the tall shiner.
4. (old).—A clever fellow.
5. (tailors').—A boaster. Also shine = to boast.
The shiners, subs. (military).—The Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly The 5th Foot. [From smart appearance at the time of The Seven Years' War.]
Shine- (or Shiney-) rag. To
win the shine-rag, verb. phr.
(old).—See quot.
1851-61. Mayhew, London Lab., 20 He lost again, and some one bantering said, 'You'll win the shine-rag, Joe,' meaning that he would be 'cracked up,' or ruined, if he continued.
Shinfeast, subs. (provincial).—A
good fire (Halliwell).
Shingle, subs. (American).—A
signboard. To hang out (or
stick up) one's shingle = to
start business; shingle-splitting
(obs. Tasmanian), see quot.
1830. Hobart Town Almanack, 89. When a man gets behindhand with his creditors . . . and rusticates in the country . . . he is said to be shingle-splitting.
1848. N.Y. Com. Adv., 24 Dec. Doctors and dentists from the U. S. have stuck up their shingles in Mexico.
1852. Judson, Myst. of New York, xiv. The legal gentleman had no particular office, nor hung he out a shingle anywhere.
