bootblacking

The practice of shining shoes; shoe-shining.

Noun

  1. The practice of shining shoes; shoe-shining.
    • A smell of scent soap and bootblacking[.] - 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 7:

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bootblack