Definitions for bootblacks

bootblacks boot·black

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

Bootblacks is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 449 anagrams from letters in bootblacks (abbckloost).

Definitions for bootblacks

noun

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

Origin of bootblacks

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

Examples for bootblacks

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Word Value for bootblacks
Scrable

0

Words with friends

23

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