shiner
shahy ner
- n a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- n something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
- n important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
- n any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
- Quickly, but as casually as an afterthought, a young black man, also a shoe shiner, enters and tries to solicit a customer.
- But when he was produced several days later for arraignment, he sported the black shiner that shocked the nation.
- Quickly, but as casually as an afterthought, a young black man, also a shoe shiner, enters and tries to solicit a customer.