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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