shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
Example Sentences
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Food powders make good mashed potatoes�far better than the dark, gooey "shoeblack" potatoes dehydrated for the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The words of the little shoeblack rang in my ears all night long, echoed by another voice from within, “What are you?”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines
Had he lived longer, and had he enjoyed that competence which a prudent shoeblack seldom fails to enjoy, Spenser would have been second in fame to Shakespeare only.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
So, I daresay, you could drop down into a navigator, or a shoeblack, or something in that way, to-morrow, and think it pleasant.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
Near at hand was seated a shoeblack, to whom he went to have his boots repolished.
From Stories of Animal Sagacity by Weir, Harrison
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