Shiner
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That which shines. Specifically:(a) A luminary.(b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote.black eye.(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater Americancyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and alliedgenera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner(Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also looselyapplied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, orhorsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d)(Zoöl.)
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(n.) a black eye. Term is of Irish origin where it was a punishment for not keeping machinery shiney delivered from the boot of a British officer.
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a bruise near the eye
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A thing that shines or reflects light.
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a black eye (= an eye where the skin around it has gone dark because it has been hit) :
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