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shoeblack

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shoeblack [ˈʃuːˌblæk]
n
(Business / Professions) (esp formerly) a person who shines boots and shoes
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Noun1.shoeblackshoeblack - a person who polishes shoes and boots
bootblack
unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
Translations
shoeblack (o.f.) [ˈʃuːblæk] N → limpiabotas mf inv, lustrabotas mf inv (LAm)


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By the locksmith's advice and aid, he was established in business as a shoeblack, and opened shop under an archway near the Horse Guards.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
It was in this state that Master Tom lay at half-past seven on the morning following the day of his arrival, and from his clean little white bed watched the movements of Bogle (the generic name by which the successive shoeblacks of the School-house were known), as he marched round from bed to bed, collecting the dirty shoes and boots, and depositing clean ones in their places.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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