"get one's shine box" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get one's shine box.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets one's shine box [present, singular, third-person], getting one's shine box [participle, present], got one's shine box [past], got one's shine box [UK, participle, past], gotten one's shine box [US, participle, past]
Etymology: Popularized by the movie Goodfellas (1990), where the character William "Billy Batts" Bentvena uses the phrase in an insulting allusion to Tommy DeVito's previous job as a shoeshiner. Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's shine box}} get one's shine box (third-person singular simple present gets one's shine box, present participle getting one's shine box, simple past got one's shine box, past participle (UK) got one's shine box or (US) gotten one's shine box)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) Used as an insult. Wikipedia link: Goodfellas Tags: idiomatic, slang Synonyms: get one's shinebox
    Sense id: en-get_one's_shine_box-en-verb-HUVnLp-y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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