shoeshine

[shoo-shahyn]

shoe·shine

[shoo-shahyn]
noun
1.
an act or instance of cleaning and polishing a pair of shoes.
2.
the surface of a polished shoe or shoes.

Origin:
shoe + shine
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Shoeshine is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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shoeshine (ˈʃuːˌʃaɪn)
 
n
1.  the act or an instance of polishing a pair of shoes
2.  the appearance or shiny surface of polished shoes

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