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Bootblack Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SHINER which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: SHINER

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197%6Exact Match!
230%10 Work performed by a bootblack
328%4 Santa's bootblack?

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "SHINER" which means:

    noun
  • • A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
  • • Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
  • • Important food fish of the northern atlantic and mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
  • • Any of numerous small silvery north american cyprinid fishes especially of the genus notropis

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He got a shiner when he tripped and fell on the pavement."
  • • "I accidentally hit my forehead on the edge of the table and got a shiner."

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New York Times02 Nov 1981 Across 44
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