bootblacking

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noun

The practice of shining shoes; shoe-shining.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bootblack
nounbootblacking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of shining shoes; shoe-shining.

    A smell of scent soap and bootblacking[.]

    1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 7
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Chicago

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