Sentence:  The young man with Doyler, who indeed no longer worked at Lee's of Kingstown, but had advanced to a position of <WSD>boots</WSD> and bottle-washer at the Russell Hotel adjacent the Green, was looking uneasy. [...] The <WSD>boots</WSD> was sure. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.