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boots

[ boots ]

noun

, British.
, plural boots.
  1. a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.


boots

/ buːts /

noun

  1. (formerly) a shoeblack who cleans the guests' shoes in a hotel
“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 boots1

First recorded in 1615–25; plural of boot 1; -s 3
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Example Sentences

Moore just kicked off her boots and, looking down at the transcription app running on my phone, starts telling me how she uses one to record her dreams.

The hair and the suits, and I remember Cuban heel boots, and they had these guitars that we’d never seen before … and then they started singing.

I put on my old Army trench coat and boots and, as I have on many days, and especially in these monumental moments, I made my pilgrimage to Trump Tower in downtown Chicago.

From Salon

That was just one of three games on Sunday to be decided by the last kicks of the game, with the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions earning dramatic wins via the boots of their kickers.

From BBC

Next time, she was in Atlanta, rehearsing for a new Boots Riley film co-starring Demi Moore, about a group of shoplifters.

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