Translations for „bootblack“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈboot·black N esp Am dated

bootblack

Schuhputzer(in) m (f)

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English

Other synonyms are bootblack and shoeblack.

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The story about a poor bootblack's rise to middle class respectability was a huge success.

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The soldier, sensing that the young bootblack's mouth was watering, threw the half-consumed apple on the ground and told the boy to pick it up.

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So he responded by signs to everything the bootblack said.

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At one point it sported a bootblack stand and a cigar counter.

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