shoebrush

American  

[shoo-bruhsh] / ˈʃuˌbrʌʃ /

noun

1. a brush used in polishing shoes.

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Etymology

Origin of shoebrush

First recorded in 1765–75; shoe + brush ¹

Example Sentences

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

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 Brand, Max

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 Locke, William John

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

From The Happy End by Hergesheimer, Joseph

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

From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Fuhr, Ernest