Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shiner \Shin"er\, n.
   That which shines. Specifically:
   (a) A luminary.
   (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]

             Has she the shiners, d' ye think?    --Foote.

Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A fresh-water fish of the United States ({Semotilus
   bullaris}); -- called also {silver chub}, and {Shiner}. The
   name is also applied to other allied species.

Source : WordNet®

shiner
     n 1: a bruise caused by a blow to the eye [syn: {black eye}]
     2: something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
     3: important food fish of the northern Atlantic and
        Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars
        and small if any scales [syn: {common mackerel}, {Scomber
        scombrus}]
     4: any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes
        especially of the genus Notropis