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bootblack

[ boot-blak ]

noun

  1. a person who shines shoes and boots boot boots for a living.


bootblack

/ ˈbuːtˌblæk /

noun

  1. another word for shoeblack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bootblack1

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; boot 1 + black
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Example Sentences

The mountain lad, though but half comprehending the bootblack's meaning, was aware that he was being made game of.

From the Cittadella School there was a bootblack whom my father knew, and the prefect gave him a diploma.

The chair of the bootblack had been splintered into kindling wood.

At the junction of Wall and New Streets he came suddenly upon a large-sized bootblack, whose face looked familiar.

Opposite the tent of the bootblack he halted and started back again, where the path lay clear in the moonlight.

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