Definitions for bootblack

bootblack boot·black

Spelling: [boot-blak]
IPA: /ˈbutˌblæk/

Bootblack is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in bootblack (abbckloot).

Definitions for bootblack

noun

  1. a person who shines shoes and boots for a living.

Origin of bootblack

An Americanism dating back to 1810-20; boot1 + black

Examples for bootblack

There was Pasquale, the bootblack, who was earning nearly as much as I ever did.

After leaving the bootblack Ralph hardly knew what to do with himself.

She did not recognize him, having no idea that it was Tom the bootblack.

"I don't want any of his money," said the bootblack contemptuously.

One of the servants, named Tom, was the bootblack of the hotel.

He can be a bootblack, a servant, a barber, perhaps a teamster.

He was finally carried to bed in the custody of the bootblack.

It makes all the difference between a young gentleman and a bootblack.

Then he told of the professor's approach, and of his escape by the help of the bootblack.

"I am not ashamed of having been a bootblack," said our hero, calmly.

Word Value for bootblack
Scrable

0

Words with friends

23

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