bootblack noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(old-fashioned) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string. — 1922 verb1 •To shine shoes. formsbootblacked · bootblacking · bootblacks
