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Definition of bootblack in English: bootblacknounˈbuːtblakˈbutblæk historical A person employed to polish boots and shoes. Example sentencesExamples - Newsboys and bootblacks accounted for 27 percent of all arrested.
- He avoided factory settings; his heroes were newsboys, bootblacks, and clerks.
- Tinu, a bootblack, was so fascinated by the show that he strayed into the audience.
- Similar databases monitoring the investment policies and current rates of cab drivers, short-order cooks, and bootblacks are rapidly gaining in popularity.
- They came to work in the large industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest as factory laborers, peddlers, busboys, and bootblacks.
Definition of bootblack in US English: bootblacknounˈbo͞otblakˈbutblæk historical A person employed to polish boots and shoes. Example sentencesExamples - Similar databases monitoring the investment policies and current rates of cab drivers, short-order cooks, and bootblacks are rapidly gaining in popularity.
- He avoided factory settings; his heroes were newsboys, bootblacks, and clerks.
- Tinu, a bootblack, was so fascinated by the show that he strayed into the audience.
- Newsboys and bootblacks accounted for 27 percent of all arrested.
- They came to work in the large industrial cities of the Northeast and Midwest as factory laborers, peddlers, busboys, and bootblacks.
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