- shiner
- 1.
a bruise, as from a punch to the face, or especially the eye; a black eye, swollen temple, or broken jaw; a scrap mark.
- 2.
a swollen zit set in an obvious place or so big as to stand out in a land-mine of acne; a Darwinian pimple.
- 3.
anyone who shines in a particular field: Duke Ellington, Emily Dickinson, the Zodiac Killer.
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