shiner

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For decades, white and black Tulsans refused to talk about the events of May 31, 1921, when a black man who worked as a shoe shiner was accused of assaulting a white woman.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2020

Crappie continue to improve, especially shiner and will be found in brush piles.

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2019

In the week since being knocked unconscious in a home plate collision in Houston, Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy has walked around sporting a shiner and spoken as though plagued by a cold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2019

“And he was a shoe shiner, had a shoe shine stand downtown,” Eaton said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2018

“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