shinplaster † [a contemptuous name based on the small size of the bill] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
1 n. — Slang, Obs.
one of several denominations, from one dollar downward, of paper bills issued in the United States in 1837 and circulated for a time in Canada.
2 n. — Hist.
a Canadian banknote worth twenty-five cents. See 1966 quote.
3 n. — Slang
the Canadian dollar, a monetary unit of 100 cents, taken over from the decimal system used in the United States and officially adopted in 1858 in United Canada; also, the equivalent of this unit in paper money or coin.
See also: dollar (def. 2)