1. a person whose job is to shine shoes
Usage: dated

Examples

• The old bootblack worked on the busy street corner for decades.
• He started as a bootblack to earn money for school.
• The bootblack polished the businessman’s leather shoes until they gleamed.
• In the 1940s, every train station had at least one bootblack.
• The young bootblack charged a nickel for a shoe shine.
• She remembered her grandfather telling stories about working as a bootblack in the city.