shine parlour noun an establishment that sells alcohol illegally, by the drink us US The “shine” is an abbreviated MOONSHINE
Shot-house operators run informal (and illegal) taverns in their own homes (shot-house operators are often women). The houses go by other names too; gold mine, good-time house, blind tiger, shine parlor, or juicejoint. — Burgess Laughlin, JobOpportunitiesintheBlackMarket, p. 10–9, 1978