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shingle-splitting
vb. n. obsolete Tasmanianslang. 1830. `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 89: «When a man gets behindhand ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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.
vb. n. obsolete Tasmanianslang. 1830. `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 89: «When a man gets behindhand ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris