shoeblack

[ shoo-blak ]

noun

1. bootblack.

shoeblack

/ ˈʃuːˌblæk /

noun

1. (esp formerly) a person who shines boots and shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoeblack¹

First recorded in 1745–55; shoe + black

Example Sentences

He carefully made détours to escape these, and the shoeblack boys with whom he had been held in high favour.

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Now fight to death for the boy that living you would not have hired as a shoeblack.

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"I'm a moral shoeblack," repeated Grif, with an inclination to punch Dirty Bob's head.

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A shoeblack in the foreground is teaching a poodle to dance; the comical animal's head is decorated with an old peruke.

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Such an event as a shoeblack in South Audley Street was not to be passed by.

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