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bootblack

/boot-blak/US // ˈbutˌblæk //UK // (ˈbuːtˌblæk) //

靴黑,靴子黑,长靴黑,靴黑子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who shines shoes and boots for a living.

Examples

  • The mountain lad, though but half comprehending the bootblack's meaning, was aware that he was being made game of.

  • From the Cittadella School there was a bootblack whom my father knew, and the prefect gave him a diploma.

  • The chair of the bootblack had been splintered into kindling wood.

  • At the junction of Wall and New Streets he came suddenly upon a large-sized bootblack, whose face looked familiar.

  • Opposite the tent of the bootblack he halted and started back again, where the path lay clear in the moonlight.