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Mitt Romney - he had a Rock Hudson thing going, shoeblack hair and a well-hung resume, but even for a shameless, position-shifting phony he seemed a trifle insincere.
James Wolcott

Meaning of "shoeblack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOEBLACK

shoeblack  [ˈʃuːˌblæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOEBLACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shoeblack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOEBLACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shoeblack

Shoeshiner

Shoeshiner or boot polisher is an occupation in which a person polishes shoes with shoe polish. They are often known as shoeshine boys because the job is traditionally that of a male child. Other synonyms are bootblack and shoeblack. While the role is deprecated in much of Western civilization, shining shoes is an important source of income for many children and families throughout the world. Some shoeshiners offer extra services, such as shoe repairs and general tailoring. Many well-known and high profile people started their working life as shoeshiners, including singers and presidents.

Definition of shoeblack in the English dictionary

The definition of shoeblack in the dictionary is a person who shines boots and shoes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHOEBLACK


antiblack
ˈæntɪˌblæk
black
blæk
blue-black
ˌblʊˈblæk
boneblack
ˈbəʊnˌblæk
bootblack
ˈbuːtˌblæk
clack
klæk
claque
klæk
coal-black
ˈkəʊlˌblæk
eyeblack
ˈaɪˌblæk
flack
flæk
flak
flæk
Kaolack
ˈkɑːəʊˌlæk
kulak
ˈkuːlæk
lac
læk
lack
læk
lampblack
ˈlæmpˌblæk
nonblack
ˌnɒnˈblæk
plaque
plæk
shellac
ʃəˈlæk
slack
slæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOEBLACK

shoe cream
shoe leather
shoe polish
shoe rack
shoe repairer
shoe repairing
shoe repairs
shoe shop
shoe size
shoebill
shoebrush
shoehorn
shoelace
shoeless
shoemaker
Shoemaker-Levy 9
shoemaker´s shop
shoemaking
shoepac
shoepack

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOEBLACK

black-on-black
carbon black
forslack
gas black
in the black
ivory black
jet black
Large Black
nutty slack
pellack
Penny Black
pitch-black
plack
platinum black
Polack
pollack
shellack
superflack
Welsh Black

Synonyms and antonyms of shoeblack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shoeblack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOEBLACK

Find out the translation of shoeblack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shoeblack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shoeblack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shoeblack
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shoeblack
570 millions of speakers

English

shoeblack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shoeblack
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shoeblack
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чистильщик сапог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shoeblack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shoeblack
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cireur de chaussures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shoeblack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schuhputzer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shoeblack
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shoeblack
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shoeblack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đánh giày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shoeblack
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जुगाराचा पडदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lostracı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lustrascarpe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Shoeblack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистильник чобіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lustragiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shoeblack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schoenpoetser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shoeblack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shoeblack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoeblack

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOEBLACK»

The term «shoeblack» is normally little used and occupies the 146.878 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOEBLACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shoeblack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shoeblack» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shoeblack

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QUOTES WITH «SHOEBLACK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shoeblack.
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James Wolcott
Mitt Romney - he had a Rock Hudson thing going, shoeblack hair and a well-hung resume, but even for a shameless, position-shifting phony he seemed a trifle insincere.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOEBLACK»

Discover the use of shoeblack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoeblack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Philanthropist, and prison and reformatory gazette. ...
521 al 2 The lonclon Shoeblack Societies. Charitable Trust Editorial Article* : Prat -OBce Savings' Banks . ... 634 The Brockham Home and Training School . .524 Friendly Societies 525 The Nursery for Seamen which the Fisheries present 526  ...
‎1855
2
The Young Men's Magazine
A treat was lately given to the I/mdon Shoeblack Societies, at St. Martin's Hall. The boys were regaled with tea and cake, after which appropriate Addresses were mode to them by the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. J. Macgregor, Sir J. Packinglon , ...
Richard Cunningham McCormick, 1858
3
The Shoeblack and the Countess
The Shoeblack and the Countess, is a story based on the sinking of a Liverpool-based training ship, on which two hundred and fifty young sea cadets lived.
James Stanhope-Brown, 2012
4
The Charities of London in 1861: Comprising an Account of ...
... 209 Ragged Church and Chapel Union, 269 Ragged School Shoeblack Society, 75, 215 Ragged Schools, Statistics, 215 Ragged School Union, The, 215 Railway Benevolent Institution, 145 Ratcliffe Cross Night Refuge, 75 Redcross Street ...
Sampson Low, 1862
5
Davidson's universal melodist: consisting of the music and ...
My Dinah she get in de suds — I work away and grinny, And berry soon, a happy Nig, I dandle piccaninny ; liiui hootiful as am meself, fine colour but not too black, [shoeblack ; And berry certain sure I am he'll make a hansom' A shoeblack ...
George Henry Davidson, 1853
6
Household Words: A Weekly Journal
I hale a Protestant shoeblack as I hate a Protestant champion at a Parliamentary election ; and I hate a Catholic shoeblack iu the same proportion. I do not deal with a Protestant baker, I do not employ a Protestant sweep, I do not patronise a ...
Charles Dickens, 1858
7
Modernist Aesthetics in Taiwanese Poetry Since The 1950s
The way the shoeblack places his kit reminds the poet of 'a tiny desert.' Lomen imagines that the shoes the shoeblack polishes for the passers-by are 'the boats which transport sunshine.' The poet compares the life journey of modern people ...
Chung-To Au, 2008
8
The Shoeblack and the Sovereign: Reflections on Ethics and ...
Argues that foreign policy can be conducted along moral and ethical lines and looks at examples from history
George Walden, 1988
9
Language, Custom and Nation in the 1790s: Locke, Tooke, ...
... in order to understand the shoeblack's rhetoric.123 Throughout, Edgeworth emphasizes the linguistic and oratorical mastery of the Irish urban street-slang: the shoeblack's vivid use of metaphor, metonymy, ellipsis and hyperbole are held up ...
Susan Manly, 2007
10
Toy-Making in School and Home
Glue the shoeblack on first, then opposite to him the man. See that the brush passes over the shoe. If for any reason this does not happen, a larger brush can be cut from wood or cardboard andpasted over the shoeblack'shand. Now fasten  ...
Mabel Irene Rutherford Polkinghorne, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOEBLACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoeblack is used in the context of the following news items.
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State Library of NSW displays rare 1880s Sydney snapshots
An article in The Sydney Mail, 2 July 1881, describes it as “a square case… disguised as a … shoeblack's box, or even a book. The operator places it upon the ... «PhotoReview.com.au, Apr 15»
2
IN SEARCH OF AMERICA - New Canaan
Horatio Alger's absurdist novels about Dick the shoeblack or Sam the newsy who became millionaires fed their hunger and spirits. According to my father and ... «Stay Thirsty Media, Sep 12»
3
Photographs of Victorian London show how today's capital took shape
Forgotten trade: A shoeblack, pictured in 1877, stands by his equipment. Many of the city's streets were lined with such workers trying to sell their skills. «Daily Mail, Jul 12»

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