shiner
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“The truth is that here as the poor people that we are, we don’t understand that,” José Lopez, 81, a shoe shiner in San Salvador, said before the national Bitcoin adoption.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
The best we can tell, a 19-year-old African American shoe shiner named Dick Rowland tripped as he entered the elevator in the Drexel Building.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2021
Crappie continue to improve, especially shiner and will be found in brush piles.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2019
Lucroy has a small shiner under his right eye, his nose is slightly swollen and disjointed, “but I’m doing pretty good, considering,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2019
“Yep. Boy. Noses gush, don’t they? Looks like your glasses didn’t do you any favors, either. You have a cut there from that nose pad thing. May get a decent shiner out of it too.”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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