shoeshiner

shoeshiner
a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee

In the Third World many kids must supplement the meager family income as shoeshiners, solliciting clients with dusty shoes on the streets, sometimes a young shoeshiner is a runaway or orphan without any other prospect.


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