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One who gives you a shine
Answer for the clue "One who gives you a shine ", 9 letters:
shoeblack
Alternative clues for the word shoeblack
Word definitions for shoeblack in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who polishes shoes and boots [syn: bootblack ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shoeblack \Shoe"black`\, n. One who polishes shoes; same as bootblack .
Usage examples of shoeblack.
Under the porch of the general post office shoeblacks called and polished.
Here he is generally surrounded by an admiring throng of ostlers, stableboys, shoeblacks, and those nameless hangers-on that infest inns and taverns, and run errands and do all kind of odd jobs for the privilege of battening on the drippings of the kitchen and the leakage of the tap-room.
Enderby put pesetas on the table, leaving their apportionment to waiter and shoeblack, and then grabbed her arm.