shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
Example Sentences
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When the shoeblack part of the affair is over and done with, the grammar, which was made for schoolmarms in male garb, and the shining rhetoric, what remains?
From Unicorns by James Huneker
He is not a prince nor am I a shoeblack.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
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 Talbot Baines Reed
The partners, thus encouraged, looked rather amused, and Mr Barnacle said, “You’re the little shoeblack, are you?”
From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed
But how rarely nowadays do we see this peripatetic shoeblack!
From The Perfect Gentleman by Ralph Bergengren
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