shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
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The shoeblack boys, the boys that are gathered into institutions and training ships, are expected to bawl and shout their loudest at the annual fêtes when visitors are present.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies
He carefully made détours to escape these, and the shoeblack boys with whom he had been held in high favour.
From A Sheaf of Corn by Mary E. Mann
Near at hand was seated a shoeblack, to whom he went to have his boots repolished.
From Stories of Animal Sagacity by Harrison Weir
He had to live like a gentleman upon this, and to give four guineas a year to the laundress, four to his barber, and two to his shoeblack.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Sir Leslie Stephen
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
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