bootblacking

(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

I could definitely see adding bootblacking to my exercise routine.

Bootblack on Friday drewan 2004

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

"He used to run the bootblacking stand in that barber-shop over on Steenth Avenue and Umptyiph Street."

More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher

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

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

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

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

An Italian bootblack who already owns several bootblacking establishments in this country, was trained to a beggar's life in

Aliens or Americans? 1895

Each bootblack contestant was judged on offstage interview, speech, image; bootblacking technique, and customer service.

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