shoe polish

Noun

Meaning

a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

blacking emery polish file cloth wax abrasive beeswax shoeshine lawn suck up shoeshine boy blacking out shoeblacking leather cleaner
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Hypernyms

polish

Related terms

shoeshine shoeshine boy shoe brush shoeshine girl

Examples

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. Flip Wilson

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson. Bernie Mac

Other items called "cream" Some non-edible substances are called creams due to their consistency: shoe cream is runny, unlike regular waxy shoe polish; hand/body 'creme' or "skin cream" is meant for moisturizing the skin. Source: Internet

Legend says people in remote areas ran into their houses at the sight of a giant model black lion on the roof of a car promoting Lion Noir shoe polish in 1930. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shoe money shoe pad shoe part shoe polishing shoe print shoe repair