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Meanings of shoe polish in English

Russian
гуталин
Portuguese
graxa
Spanish
betún para calzado
Catalan
betum per a calçat
Wikidata

Product for leather care.

гуталин
Portuguese
graxa de sapato
Catalan
betum

A substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear.

graxa de sapato
Synonyms
Examples for "blacking"
Examples for "blacking"
1
He takes pictures of his boat, blacking out background making good effect.
The new yorker
2
Prewitt, a new History professor, has reportedly been blacking out in class.
The new yorker
3
She felt herself swaying, almost blacking out and forced herself to focus.
Bake sale murder
4
Through the kitchen window I could see a woman blacking the stove.
Parnassus on Wheels
5
Maybe his talk about farting and blacking out wasn't just a joke.
Rogues
Usage of shoe polish in English
1
But it's also used in shoe polish, fire fighting foam, and shampoo.
Wired
2
He brought me presents: flowers, jewelry, a tin of red shoe polish.
East of the sun
3
He turned bread crumbs into shoe polish and shoe polish into wine.
The new yorker
4
She would take grease and soot and make shoe polish for them.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
5
Consider the use of shoe polish to change the colour of the skin.
BBC
6
No stiff leather procurable, they used cardboard and blackened it with shoe polish.
Watch Yourself Go By
7
He never had a chance to taste tan shoe polish before!
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
8
Her hairdo dyed the same deep black as her shoe polish.
Haunted: a novel of stories
9
How the hell did I get shoe polish on my thumbs?
Shutter Island
10
Marvin took a moment, said, I bought the pipe cleaners and some shoe polish.
Dangerous Women
11
An old woman had a stall containing tins of shoe polish and other trifles.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
12
And I've made dye from dirt and shoe polish before.
Swan Song
13
He praises the first-rate Soviet shoe polish that gave his wooden pistol a metallic sheen.
The new yorker
14
The sheets were stained with lipstick and shoe polish.
The Sirens of Titan
15
Just don't ask why it smells like shoe polish.
Wired
16
I have to buy black shoe polish and ground beef and Velveeta at the market.
Snapped