shoeshiner

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shoeshiner

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From shoe + shiner.

noun shoeshiners

  1. A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee. Finally, with the help of a group of shoeshiners, everything is clarified, the police arrest the criminals; Arlindo is set free.

    Similar: bootblack, shoeblack, shoeshine boy

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noun person who shines shoes

Españollustrabotas, limpiabotas
한국어구두닦이 gududakki
日本語靴磨き kutsumigaki
中文擦鞋工 cāxiégōng
Portuguêsengraxate
Françaiscireur de chaussures, cireuse de chaussures, cireur de bottes, cireuse de bottes, cireur, cireuse
DeutschSchuhputzer, Schuhputzerin
Italianolustrascarpe
Ελληνικάλούστρος loústros
Românălustragiu, văcsuitor, văcsuitoare
Русскийчи́стильщик сапо́г čístilʹščik sapóg, чи́стильщик о́буви čístilʹščik óbuvi
العربيةمَاسِح أَحْذِيَة māsiḥ ʔaḥḏiya, مَاسِح الْأَحْذِيَة māsiḥ al-ʔaḥḏiya

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@misc{shoeshiner_2026,
  title = {shoeshiner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoeshiner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}