shingle

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A jocose term for a sign-board, placed over a shop-door or office.


Doctors and dentists from the United States have stuck up their shingles in Mexico.--N. Y. Com. Adv., Dec. 24, 1848.

Several made bold to peep inside, in spite of the "No Admittance!" which frowned from a shingle over the door.--Drama at Pokerville.

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