Noun
the act of shining shoes
a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing
Source: WordNetHe's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. Arthur Miller
he charged a dollar for a shoeshine Source: Internet
his trousers had a sharp crease and you could see your reflection in his shoeshine Source: Internet
Poetry and cruelty of life were harmonically combined in the works that Vittorio De Sica wrote and directed together with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini : among them, Shoeshine (1946), The Bicycle Thief (1948) and Miracle in Milan (1951). Source: Internet
The post-war years also saw him attempt to launch the comic-strip/comic-book series Baseball, John Law, Kewpies, and Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy; none succeeded, but some material was recycled into The Spirit. Source: Internet
Other children from still poorer families have become beggars, shoeshine boys, streets singers or prostitutes. Source: Internet