or shand, subs. (old cant).—Base coin. Hence as adj. = worthless (GROSE and VAUX).
1815. SCOTT, Guy Mannering, xxxii. ‘I doubt Glossin will prove but SHAND [cant expression for base coin] after a’, mistress,’ said Jabot, as he passed through the little lobby beside the bar; ‘but this is a gude half-crown ony way.’
