Définition

• A slang term for a gold or silver coin in allusion to its lustre. In the plural it is used for money in general.

  Samuel Foote, in his play, The Minor, 1760 ( ii. ) , has: "To let a lord of lands want shiners; 'tis a shame. "

  Dickens, in Oliver Twist (xix.), says: "Is it worth fifty shiners extra, if it's safely clone from the outside? " and Mayne Reid, in his novel, The Scalp Hunters (ix.), makes one of his characters say: "I will bring you a mule-load of Mexican shiners. " See Half Shiner.

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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