bootblack
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A shoeshine boy
A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.
- The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.
To shine shoes.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA