shoeshines

Noun

shoeshine (plural shoeshines)

1. The act of polishing shoes.
   • Some other interesting, if typically American, developments referred to as 'service enhancements' included, for the sleeping car rider, pillows in the seats for 'daytime comfort', morning tea or coffee, newspaper, and even a shoeshine!1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 161
2. One who polishes shoes.
   • Walking back, I passed that crazy shoeshine guy again. On impulse, I did an about-face, climbed up onto his platform, and sat. I was nothing more than a pair of shoes to him, and he went to work without so much as an upward glance. But as it turned out, he hadn't been mumbling to himself, as I'd...2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.73-74
3. The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.