chimney sweep

or chimney sweeper

noun

1. a person whose business it is to clean out chimneys.

chimney sweep

noun

1. a person whose job is the cleaning out of soot from chimneys

Word History and Origins

Origin of chimney sweep¹

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

You can prevent this by having a professional chimney sweep inspect your chimney annually, cleaning it as needed.

From Popular-Science

And then if the ghost of a chimney-sweep were to appear—and why not the spirit of a sweep as well as anybody else?

From Project Gutenberg

Jimmy says the chimney-sweep was doing bayonet exercises with his brush at Faithful and working his black face at him.

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Jimmy says the beads of perspiration stood on the chimney-sweep's face like ink.

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After the chimney-sweep came a cook; then came one of the city sweepers, from the Raineri School, to get a prize.

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It was very much as if a London chimney-sweep were to go to-morrow to ask audience and favors of Queen Victoria.

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