Usually means: Person who polishes shoes professionally.
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  1. shoeblack: Merriam-Webster
  2. shoeblack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shoeblack: Collins English Dictionary
  4. shoeblack: Vocabulary.com
  5. shoeblack: Wordnik
  6. shoeblack: Wiktionary
  7. shoeblack: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. shoeblack: Dictionary.com
  9. Shoeblack: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. shoeblack: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. shoeblack: Rhymezone
  12. Shoeblack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. shoeblack: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. shoeblack: FreeDictionary.org
  15. shoeblack: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. shoeblack: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.

Similar:
bootblack, shoeshine, shoeshiner, shoer, shoemender, blacksmith, shoemaker, shoeingsmith, blackener, horseshoer, more...

Opposite:
shoepolisher, shoeshiner, bootblack

Types:
Kiwi, Tarrago, Saphir, Cedarwood, Meltonian, Kiwi Select, more...

Phrases:
shoeblack plant, more...

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Similar:
bootblack, shoeshine, shoeshiner, shoer, shoemender, blacksmith, shoemaker, shoeingsmith, blackener, horseshoer, more...

Opposite:
shoepolisher, shoeshiner, bootblack

Types:
Kiwi, Tarrago, Saphir, Cedarwood, Meltonian, Kiwi Select, more...

Phrases:
shoeblack plant, more...



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