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boot catcher

boot catcher noun: a person employed at an inn to take off people's boots and clean them.

Noun

boot catcher (plural boot catchers)

  1. (historical) A person employed at an inn to take off people's boots and clean them.
    • Where's the Boot-catcher gone? I cannot get any thing to eat here, nor my boots, to go any where elſe.1767, David Garrick, A Peep Behind the Curtain

Forms of boot catcher

pluralboot catchers
alternative formbootcatcher
alternative formboot-catcher

Questions about boot catcher

What does boot catcher mean?
Boot catcher means a person employed at an inn to take off people's boots and clean them.
What part of speech is boot catcher?
Boot catcher is a noun.
What is the plural of boot catcher?
The plural of boot catcher is boot catchers.

Words near boot catcher in the dictionary

  1. boot boards
  2. boot boy
  3. boot boys
  4. boot camp
  5. boot camps
  6. boot catcher
  7. boot catchers
  8. boot closer
  9. boot closers
  10. boot crimp
  11. boot crimps

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