shoeshiner

English

Etymology

shoe +‎ shiner

Noun

shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)

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

Translations

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

Bulgarian: ваксаджия (vaksadžija)
Catalan: enllustrador de sabates m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擦鞋工 (cāxiégōng)
Danish: skopudser (da) c
Finnish: kengänkiillottaja (fi)
French: cireur de chaussures m, cireuse de chaussures f, cireur de bottes m, cireuse de bottes f, cireur (fr) m, cireuse (fr) f
German: Schuhputzer (de) m, Schuhputzerin f

Greek: λούστρος (el) m (loústros)
Italian: lustrascarpe m
Japanese: 靴磨き (くつみがき, kutsumigaki)
Portuguese: engraxate (pt) m, f
Romanian: lustragiu (ro) m, văcsuitor (ro) m, văcsuitoare f
Russian: чи́стильщик сапо́г m (čístilʹščik sapóg), чи́стильщик о́буви m (čístilʹščik óbuvi)
Tagalog: limpyabota
Volapük: (♂♀) jukilekluinan, (♂) jukihilekluinan, (♀) jukijilekluinan

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