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- verb Present participle of
bootblack .
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Examples
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(I have to give credit to the ironing joke to Joe, who responded with that when I was telling him about the bootblacking.)
Bootblack on Friday drewan 2004
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I could definitely see adding bootblacking to my exercise routine.
Bootblack on Friday drewan 2004
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There are numerous opportunities to peddle fruit and small wares at a small wage; messenger and news boys are always in demand, and the bootblacking industry absorbs many of the immigrant class.
Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe
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"He used to run the bootblacking stand in that barber-shop over on Steenth Avenue and Umptyiph Street."
More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher
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Bread and butter, and candles and bootblacking, and laundering, and expenses for a baby when you've got one, are all everyday things, aren't they?
Married Life The True Romance May Edginton 1920
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The first year he tried to get an advance of salary, and offered to do anything, "except bootblacking and water-carrying, which latter my chest could not endure at present."
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 Rupert Hughes 1914
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The first year he tried to get an advance of salary, and offered to do anything, “except bootblacking and water-carrying, which latter my chest could not endure at present.”
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903
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They have fairly monopolized for a time certain lines into which they entered -- as the small fruit trade, the bootblacking business, and other pursuits.
Aliens or Americans? 1895
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An Italian bootblack who already owns several bootblacking establishments in this country, was trained to a beggar's life in
Aliens or Americans? 1895
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Each bootblack contestant was judged on offstage interview, speech, image; bootblacking technique, and customer service.
unknown title 2009
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