shoebrush

[ shoo-bruhsh ]

noun

1. a brush used in polishing shoes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoebrush¹

First recorded in 1765–75; shoe + brush ¹

Example Sentences

With his moustache en croc, and his shoebrush hair, I have rarely beheld a more sensual-looking desperado.

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If I comprehend a shoebrush under the class mammal, it does not thereupon become a milk-giver.

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Yet if he openly pocketed a shoebrush and cloth, how explain this to the ever-incredulous Snorky?

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

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