spec. A preparation for giving a shining black surface to boots and shoes; a shoe polish.
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释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > preparation for (5) blacking1598 spec. A preparation for giving a shining black surface to boots and shoes; a shoe polish. blacking ball1740 a moulded ball of a preparation used for blacking; cf. blackball, n. 2. boot-blacking1866 (a) the polishing of boots and shoes; also attributive; (b) blacking for polishing boots and shoes. Shinola1902 A brand of shoe polish. nugget1903 New Zealand. A type of shoe or boot polish, originally black. Hence (more widely): any boot polish (New Zealand and Australian slang). |
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