QUIZZES
DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!
We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby shoebrush
shoe, shoebill, shoeblack, shoe boil, shoebox, shoebrush, shoehorn, shoelace, shoe leather, shoemaker, Shoemaker-Levy 9
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for shoebrush
With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.
Simon the Jester|William J. LockeThe man with the shoebrush hair and the rolls of fat at the back of his neck?
Simon the Jester|William J. LockeYet if he openly pocketed a shoebrush and cloth, how explain this to the ever-incredulous Snorky?
Skippy Bedelle|Owen JohnsonIf I comprehend a shoebrush under the class mammal, it does not thereupon become a milk-giver.
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism|Friedrich Engels