"boot-black" meaning in All languages combined

See boot-black on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: boot-blacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boot-black (plural boot-blacks)
  1. Alternative spelling of bootblack Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bootblack
    Sense id: en-boot-black-en-noun-pEIsB~vz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  ],
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          "word": "bootblack"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868, Horatio Alger Jr., Ragged Dick:",
          "text": "“Thank you,” said Frank; “now you had better brush your own shoes.”\nThis had not occurred to Dick, for in general the professional boot-black considers his blacking too valuable to expend on his own shoes or boots, if he is fortunate enough to possess a pair.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of bootblack"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "bootblack",
          "bootblack#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boot-black"
}
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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        {
          "word": "bootblack"
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
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          "ref": "1868, Horatio Alger Jr., Ragged Dick:",
          "text": "“Thank you,” said Frank; “now you had better brush your own shoes.”\nThis had not occurred to Dick, for in general the professional boot-black considers his blacking too valuable to expend on his own shoes or boots, if he is fortunate enough to possess a pair.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "links": [
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}

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