"bootblack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bootblacks [plural]
Etymology: boot + black Etymology templates: {{compound|en|boot|black}} boot + black Head templates: {{en-noun}} bootblack (plural bootblacks)
  1. (dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Footwear, Occupations, People Synonyms: shoeblack, shoeshiner
    Sense id: en-bootblack-en-noun-q1Z1Euj9 Disambiguation of Footwear: 59 41 Disambiguation of Occupations: 98 2 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boot-black

Verb [English]

Forms: bootblacks [present, singular, third-person], bootblacking [participle, present], bootblacked [participle, past], bootblacked [past]
Etymology: boot + black Etymology templates: {{compound|en|boot|black}} boot + black Head templates: {{en-verb}} bootblack (third-person singular simple present bootblacks, present participle bootblacking, simple past and past participle bootblacked)
  1. (transitive) To shine shoes. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bootblack-en-verb-uyC5tZwR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boot-black

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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