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From: "Ian Westergaard" <>
Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Boots Boy
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:34:54 +1300
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Hi Dona

You don't give any indication as to what period in history you are referring
to.

Large hotels and passenger liners used to (and some may still do) employ
someone to clean the guest's/passenger's shoes which they left outside their
room/cabin doors overnight.

The person employed to do this was often called the "boots boy" or just
"boots".

I don't think you would be able to do it now - your shoes would disappear!

Ian Westergaard
In Cloudy & Mild Central Otago
New Zealand

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dona and Keven Bradley" <>
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: [AUS-Tas] Boots Boy


> The term 'Boots Boy' possibly a nick name
> Does sit mean someone that cleans boots......................or something
else?
> Dona Bradley Launceston
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