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shoebrush

American  
[shoo-bruhsh] / ˈʃuˌbrʌʃ /

noun

  1. a brush used in polishing shoes.


Etymology

Origin of shoebrush

First recorded in 1765–75; shoe + brush 1


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Andrew Sweeney, 6ft5in and with a beard thick as a shoebrush, puts on a tattered shirt splattered with red and a fabric bag with eye-holes over his head.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015

His black hair, cropped short, stood up like a shoebrush, and when he leaned back in his chair a roll of flesh rose above his collar.

From Simon the Jester by William John Locke

The man with the shoebrush hair and the rolls of fat at the back of his neck?

From Simon the Jester by William John Locke

"Young nothing, with gray in his shoebrush mustache."

From The Happy End by Joseph Hergesheimer

One of them, larger than the rest and with a bristling, shoebrush mustache like a sign of authority, said to the newcomer: "You're Harrigan?"

From Harrigan by Max Brand

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