shoeshiner

English

Noun

shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)

1. a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee

   In the Third World many kids must supplement the meager family income as shoeshiners, solliciting clients with dusty shoes on the streets, sometimes a young shoeshiner is a runaway or orphan without any other prospect.

Synonyms

• bootblack
• shoeblack
• shoeshine boy

Translations

a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee

• Bulgarian: ваксаджия (bg) (vaksadžija)
• Catalan: enllustrador de sabates (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擦鞋工 (cmn) (cāxiégōng)

• Danish: skopudser (da) c
• French: cireur de chaussures (fr) m

• German: Schuhputzer (de) m, Schuhputzerin (de) f
• Greek: λούστρος (el) (loustros) m
• Japanese: 靴磨き (ja) (くつみがき, kutsumigaki)
• Russian: чистильщик сапог (ru) (čístilʹščik sapóg) m, чистильщик обуви (ru) (čístilʹščik óbuvi) m
• Volapük: (♂♀) jukilekluinan (vo), (♂) jukihilekluinan (vo), (♀) jukijilekluinan (vo)