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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation..
The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.
Use bootblack when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bootblack means (dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation..
Common synonyms include shoeblack, shoeshiner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.
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