| 单词 | shoe-blacking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshoe-blacking shoe-blacking n. (a) = blacking n.1 2b; (b) the blacking and polishing of shoes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > blackening agent > [noun] blatchOE bleckc1440 bleacha1500 bleaching?1518 black1558 bletch1570 blacking?1571 linka1616 denigrator1658 black wash1684 shoe-blacking1735 burnt corkc1800 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] boot-cleaning1838 boot-blacking1866 shine1871 shoe-blacking1902 shoe-shine1911 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 297 Since he was 13 or 14 had addicted himself to that preparative trade to the Gallows Shoeblacking. 1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 13 They were..the only persons possessed of shoe-blacking. 1902 A. Terton Lights & Shadows in Hosp. x. 166 His interest in the shoe-blacking soon waned. < as lemmas |
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