shoeblack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shoeblack
Example Sentences
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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
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
Michael Flinn, the Shoreditch shoeblack, was up all night, caring for the sick boys.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
It was just like a story: thrown on the world while yet a child; a shoeblack in New York, fighting for his stand; a lumber-jack in the woods of Michigan; lastly a miner in Arizona.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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
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