valet
noun
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
valeting
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present participleof valet.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Instead, Saleh recalled shoveling snow and valeting cars for the actual guests.
From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021
Zykiah, 15, decided to set up the company after his family bought him a car valeting kit for Christmas.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2021
Liu and Awkwafina effortlessly riff off each other about the struggles of being the children of Asian and immigrant parents with high expectations, and often defend the valiant, underappreciated profession of valeting.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021
Maybe that’s what angels do, valeting their wings at the end of a hard day’s flight.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2018
If his house-painting was no better than his valeting, then his prospects of a "contrack" after the War were poor indeed; but as a Mess waiter he was a joy for ever.
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
