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Definition of shoeblack in English: shoeblacknoun ˈʃuːblakˈʃuˌblæk British dated A person who cleans the shoes of passers-by for payment. Example sentencesExamples - Two seemingly harmless and careless shoeblacks turn out to be gloomy crooks with a dirty plan to rob a bank courier.
- We see shoeblacks and lamplighters with their tools and utensils; and milkmaids, fruit sellers and prostitutes touting their wares.
- I never heard a shoeblack called a boot-finisher before, but I think the euphemism was allowable in a young lady who wishes to exalt the commercial status of her intended.
- Unemployment is high and many people support themselves with badly paid work in the ‘informal sector’ as shoeblacks or street vendors.
- One's senses were assaulted by news vendors, shoeblacks, quack doctors and the like and their specimens of cajolery.
Definition of shoeblack in US English: shoeblacknounˈSHo͞oˌblakˈʃuˌblæk British dated A person who shines the shoes of passersby for payment. Example sentencesExamples - I never heard a shoeblack called a boot-finisher before, but I think the euphemism was allowable in a young lady who wishes to exalt the commercial status of her intended.
- Two seemingly harmless and careless shoeblacks turn out to be gloomy crooks with a dirty plan to rob a bank courier.
- We see shoeblacks and lamplighters with their tools and utensils; and milkmaids, fruit sellers and prostitutes touting their wares.
- One's senses were assaulted by news vendors, shoeblacks, quack doctors and the like and their specimens of cajolery.
- Unemployment is high and many people support themselves with badly paid work in the ‘informal sector’ as shoeblacks or street vendors.
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