shiner
Example Sentences
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Her Moschino shiner had wings at the shoulders.
From Washington Times ● May 3, 2022
The massacre was sparked by the arrest of Dick Rowland, 19, a Black shoe shiner who was accused of assault against Sarah Page, 17, a white elevator operator.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 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
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
“That’s quite a shiner you’ve got there,” he said lightly.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
