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Definition of Shoeblacks
1. shoeblack [n] - See also: shoeblack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoeblacks
Literary usage of Shoeblacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... clothiers- Stockings—Boots and shoes—shoeblacks and
blacking—Handkerchiefs—Muffs—Swords—Walking sticks—Watches—Over coats— Night
caps—Night gowns. ..."
2. The Journals of Washington Irving (hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"boys lounging about after scraps — shoeblacks besiege you in the yard — countrymen
arrive in blue cloaks that cover their horses to the rump — visit fair in ..."
3. The Story of a Working Man's Life: With Sketches of Travel in Europe, Asia by Francis Mason (1870)
"It is this desire, more than all other causes combined, which fills our cities
with newsboys, shoeblacks, pedlars, porters, and the like. ..."
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