She was bootblacking his boots carefully before the inspection.

He learned bootblacking from his grandfather and now runs a small shoe-shining business.

Last weekend, he bootblacked his hiking boots until the leather shone.

The street bootblack, perched on an overturned crate, polished shoes with practiced hands.

Before the ceremony, she asked the attendant to bootblack her patent leather shoes.

The bootblacks on the busy street corner polished dozens of leather boots before sunset.