bootblacking

English

Verb

bootblacking

1. present participle and gerund of bootblack

Noun

bootblacking (uncountable)

1. The practice of shining shoes; shoe-shining.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 7:

     A smell of scent soap and bootblacking[.]