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Definition of Shoeblack
1. Noun. A person who polishes shoes and boots.
Definition of Shoeblack
1. n. One who polishes shoes.
Definition of Shoeblack
1. Noun. One who polishes shoes as an occupation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoeblack
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoeblack
Literary usage of Shoeblack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"of modern Europe undertake, in joint-stock company, to make one shoeblack happy?
They cannot accomplish it, above an hour or two: for the shoeblack also has ..."
2. Specimens of English Prose Style: From Malory to Macaulay by George Saintsbury (1885)
"THE DUBLIN shoeblack. WE proceed to establish the truth of our minor, and the
first evidence we shall call is a Dublin shoeblack. He is not in circumstances ..."
3. Specimens of English Prose Style from Malory to Macaulay: From Malory to by George Saintsbury (1886)
"THE DUBLIN shoeblack. WE proceed to establish the truth of our minor, and the
first evidence we shall call is a Dublin shoeblack. He is not in circumstances ..."
4. Tales and Novels by Maria Edgeworth (1893)
"THE DUBLIN shoeblack. UPON looking over our last chapter on practical bulls, we
were much concerned to find that we have so few Irish and so ninny foreign ..."
5. Specimens of English Prose Style: From Malory to Macaulay by George Saintsbury (1885)
"THE DUBLIN shoeblack. WE proceed to establish the truth of our minor, and the
first evidence we shall call is a Dublin shoeblack. He is not in circumstances ..."
6. French Men and French Manners by Albert Dresden Vandam (1895)
"... shoeblack—Tho commissionnaire as an aid to the police in an historical crime—
The wool-carder—French and English bedding—Street cries— The professor—An ..."
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