bootblack

[boot-blak]

boot·black

[boot-blak]
noun
a person who shines shoes and boots for a living.

Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; boot1 + black
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Bootblack is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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bootblack (ˈbuːtˌblæk)
 
n
chiefly (US) another word for shoeblack

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