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SHOE POLISHER

Specialty Definition: SHOE POLISHER

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Occupations

Cleans and polishes footwear for customers: Removes surface dirt, using brush. Removes grime and old polish or wax from leather footwear, using brush or sponge dipped in cleaning fluid or soapy water. Applies coating of polish by hand or using dauber, and polishes leather, using brushes and cloths. Buffs buck or suede footwear with sandpaper or wire brush to clean areas or raise nap. Applies liquid dressing or dry wax by hand or dauber, and brushes surface to remove excess. Applies liquid dressing to fabric areas of footwear to restore appearance of cloth. Coats edges of sole and heel with sole dressing, using dauber or sponge. May dye or tint footwear [SHOE DYER (personal ser.)]. May brush lint from patron's clothing, using whiskbroom. May assist customers with wraps. May sweep and mop floors, dust and polish furnishings, and wash windows. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SHOE POLISHER

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Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SHOE POLISHER

Language Translations for "SHOE POLISHER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Portuguese

  

lustrador de sapatos. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SHOE POLISHER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-h-i-l-o-o-p-r-s-s"

-2 letters: repolishes.

-3 letters: horseshoe, leprosies, oospheres, polishers.

-4 letters: heirless, hoopless, hopeless, oosphere, perishes, polisher, polishes, relishes, repolish, rheophil, sheepish, sloshier, spielers, spoilers.

-5 letters: elopers, heiress, helpers, hipless, hirples, hirsels, hirsles, hoopers, hosiers, ireless, isohels, leprose, lispers, loopers, loopier, lorises, operose, orioles, pelisse, plessor, poesies, poisers, poorish, prossie, replies, reposes, reships, reshoes, resiles, resoles, rissole, slopers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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