"bootblack" meaning in English

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          "text": "The young negro bootblack hummed \"The Camp Meeting Blues\" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.",
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        "A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation."
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        "(dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation."
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          "word": "shoeblack"
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          "word": "shoeshiner"
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        "To shine shoes."
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        "(transitive) To shine shoes."
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        "To shine shoes."
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        "(transitive) To shine shoes."
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