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
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
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 Mann, Mary E.
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 Huneker, James
Jerry Gallagher, Jack’s valet-de-chambre, footman, cook, clerk, shoeblack, aide-de-camp, scout, confidant, dun-chaser, bum-defyer, and many other offices in commendam, toiled like a hero.
From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various
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