blackin

Fetchit done be blackin' it all up, with mackin' the hotties and whatnot.

Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

“I see the blackin wan pass,” giggles out another gentlmn; and there was such a hinterchange of compliments as you never heerd.

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush 2006

'Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin'-day, or Warren's blackin', or Rowland's oil, or some of them low fellows; never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy.

Sam Weller's Walentine 2005

When I get older I take on, besides de blackin 'of his boots and shoes and sweepin' out de office, de position of carriage driver and sweepin 'out de church.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

Dere wuz a settin 'up an' prayer service dat night, de body wuz put in er plain home-made coffin blacked wid blackin 'an' speerits turpentine, an 'when de waggin cum ter take de body ter de buryin' groun 'ev'ybody went out behin' de corpse singin 'some good ole song lak' Amazin 'Grace' an '

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Marster's boot, -- he'd give us a two-cent peice, big as a quarter -- for boot blackin, I say, 'Marster who is dem soldiers?'

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration

Mrs. Tike, in the next 'ouse,' ll give yer some blackin '.'

Liza of Lambeth 1919

He would have shined them himself, as he always did at home, but on a former occasion when he asked for the "blackin 'kit," the butler's shocked and pained expression led to questions and consequent enlightenment.

Cap'n Warren's Wards Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"This man here will look out for your blackin 'and truck, and let yu' have it in the morning."

Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899

"Go long wid yo '_Yankee_ marsters -- and git yo' freedom an 'a blackin' brush."

The Littlest Rebel Edward Henry Peple 1896