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Meanings of bootblack in английском

каталонский
enllustrador

A person who polishes shoes and boots.

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        Examples for "shoeblack"
        Examples for "shoeblack"
        1
        The shoeblack consented, and a price was fixed upon and paid.
        Stories of Animal Sagacity
        2
        So he granted the prince's prayer to be made shoeblack to the princess.
        The Light Princess
        3
        The boss was in her fifties, with dyed hair the color of shoeblack.
        Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
        4
        From the major-domo to the shoeblack, Mr. Harry had a peace-offering for them all.
        The Virginians
        5
        He goes to picture-galleries, and is more ignorant about Art than a French shoeblack.
        The Book of Snobs
        Usage of bootblack in английском
        1
        After leaving the bootblack Ralph hardly knew what to do with himself.
        The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
        2
        When I sold out my bootblack stand I bought a butcher shop.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        3
        Then the dandy swore very much, and looked about for a bootblack.
        Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
        4
        He has a brother only a little older, who is a bootblack.
        Two Little Knights of Kentucky
        5
        Lan's stony face could as well have been looking at a bootblack.
        To the blight: the eye of the world
        6
        The little bootblack looked up-thegeneral was absorbed in his correspondence.
        The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales / With Condensed Novels...
        7
        The chair of the bootblack had been splintered into kindling wood.
        The Sheriff's Son
        8
        The bootblack was cut out of the shot for political reasons.
        A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
        9
        The mother consented, and the honest bootblack had after that a good home.
        The True Citizen: How to Become One
        10
        Alfonsito Lapena, the well-known gambler and playboy, owes money even to the bootblack.
        The Flanders Panel
        11
        Influenced by this representation, the bootblack drew out a five-cent piece, and said:
        Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
        12
        The bootblack now had constant custom, and his circumstances began rapidly to improve.
        Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy
        13
        What you want is an amalgamated lady bootblack and nautch dancer.
        The Happy End
        14
        The bootblack man cried out, clutching his chest and falling to the ground.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        15
        A red shirted bootblack accosted him in a bantering tone.
        Ralph Granger's Fortunes
        16
        At the present moment, in Honolulu, there is a bootblack.
        The Cruise of the Snark
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        каталонский
        enllustrador
        Bootblack through the time
        Bootblack across language varieties
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