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Meanings of boot polish in English

Russian
гуталин
Portuguese
graxa
Spanish
betún para calzado
Catalan
betum per a calçat
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Product for leather care.

гуталин
Usage of boot polish in English
1
The acrid smell of the officers' boot polish is suddenly overwhelming.
Those who save us
2
His food ran out, so he spread brown- boot polish on bread, and ate that.
Mike
3
Aromas or flavours from wine could be as far out as Christmas pudding or boot polish.
The Irish Times
4
The organic-shaped china lamps are available in boot polish black, chrome and silver-leaf, and will add monochromatic accents to any room.
The Irish Times
5
What it changed, Suzman told one interviewer, was the belief that it was still possible to put on boot polish and play Othello.
The Guardian
6
His coat is brushed, his boots polished to a killing shine.
Sympathy for the devil
7
Thomas was in full uniform, boots polished like a black mirror.
Burnt Offerings
8
The whole company was out in parade dress, very solemn, with their boots polished and their rifles oiled.
The Young Lions
9
We walked for two miles or so, until we reached three SS officers, boots polished, badges like mirrors.
The Guardian
10
"I forgot about it last night-andthis morning I found I hadn't any brown boot polish-I-
Septimus
11
It was Sarcosa in his black cloak, gloves on, boots polished, slender leather satchel slung sideways across his chest like an arrow case.
Watcher of the Dead
12
After Jessie and I had embraced, I spied a beaming Moses behind her, also dressed in spotless black, with boots polished to a shine.
The diary of mattie spenser