bootses

English

Noun

bootses

  1. plural of boots (servant who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes)
    • 1865, London Society, volume 8, page 201:
      Not but that the Grand Hotel is equal to any other Grand Hotel with its regiment of waiters, bootses, chambermaids, porters, lifts, housemaids, cooks, and so forth.
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