lad of wax

English edit

Noun edit

lad of wax (plural lads of wax)

(UK, obsolete, slang) A male cobbler (shoe repairer).
Synonyms: waxie, waxy

References edit

John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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