blacking man
now historical
noun
1A man who sells or manufactures blacking for shoes.
2A street trader who polishes shoes with blacking.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Ben Jonson (?1573–1637), poet and playwright.
- diverticulum
- divertimento
- divertingly
- divertissement
- Dives
- divest
- divestiture
- divestment
- divesture
- divey
- divide
- divide and rule (or conquer)
- divided against itself
- divided highway
- divided skirt
- dividend
- dividend cover
- dividend coverage
- dividend warrant
- dividend yield
- divider
- dividing line
- dividing range
- divi-divi
- divination