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1947 H. A. Smith Lo Former Egyptian vi. 71 It took a long time to bounce them [sc. Native Americans] out of the state, but the white settlers who swarmed in..managed to do it by giving them whisky until they were unable to distinguish between sheep droppings and Shinola.]

a1948 in G. Legman New Limerick (1977) viii. 272 There was an old man from Arcola Who didn't know shit from Shinola.

1949 J. Street & J. Childers Tomorrow we Reap xii. 215 And that upstart who comes in here calling himself a drummer!.. Don't know a shirt from Shinola.

1957 J. Lake & H. Giblo Footlights, Fistfights & Femmes 69 In the beginning, Marcus Loew didn't know show business from Shinola. I became his first adviser.

1958 J. Langdon S. S. Silverspray ii. v. 70 Listen, you loudmouth crap-for-brains... Right now you don't know from Shinola!

1973 J. Ludwig Woman her Age iv. 81 Moolie the foreman, who can't tell shit from shinola.

1987 Fortune 13 Apr. 87/1 We'll package them together for people who don't know s— from Shinola.

1992 J. Dunning Booked to Die 64 I'd probably just get in your way. I don't know from Shinola about this stuff.

1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 July 45/4 He doesn't know plot from shinola and his timing is off.

2000 JazzTimes Mar. 118/3 These morons that..don't even know where Phil Glass goes. I mean, they don't know shit about Shinola and they're working at record stores.

2007 Riverfront Times (St. Louis, Missouri) (Nexis) 31 Jan. There's a stigma about the Midwest, that we're a bunch of podunk hick people who don't know shit from Shinola.