boot catcher en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| boot catchers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bootcatcher | alternative | lexicographic | |
| boot-catcher | alternative | lexicographic |