subs. (American).—A signboard. TO HANG OUT (or STICK UP) ONE’S SHINGLE = to start business; SHINGLE-SPLITTING (obs. Tasmanian), see quot.
1830. Hobart Town Almanack, 80. When a man gets behindhand with his creditors … and rusticates in the country … he is said to be SHINGLE-SPLITTING.
1848. New York Commercial Advertiser, 24 Dec. Doctors and dentists from the U. S. have STUCK UP THEIR SHINGLES in Mexico.
1848. E. Z. C. JUDSON (‘Ned Buntline’), The Mysteries and Miseries of New York, xiv. The legal gentleman had no particular office, nor HUNG he OUT A SHINGLE anywhere.
1884. E. BELLAMY, Dr. Heidenhoff’s Process, 99. There was a modest SHINGLE bearing the name ‘Dr. Gustav Heidenhoff’ fastened up on the side of the house.
Verb. (common).—To chastise.
TO HAVE A SHINGLE SHORT, verb. phr. (Australian).—To be crazy; to have a tile loose.
