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shoe shiner

nounmasculine/ẽɡɾɐʃɐˈðoɾ/low

en·gra·xa·dor

Definition

A person whose job is to clean and polish shoes.
The shoe shiner at the station made my shoes look like new.
It used to be common to see shoe shiners on city streets.
Common collocations
shoe shinerbootblack

Etymology

Derivação de 'engraxar' (do latim 'ingrassare', de 'in-' + 'grassare', tornar gordo/brilhante) + sufixo '-dor'.

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