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chimney sweep

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noun

a person whose business it is to clean out chimneys.

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RELATED WORDS

sweep, sweeper

Nearby words

  1. chimney place,
  2. chimney pot,
  3. chimney rock,
  4. chimney stack,
  5. chimney swallow,
  6. chimney swift,
  7. chimney wheel,
  8. chimney-pot hat,
  9. chimneypiece,
  10. chimneypot

Origin of chimney sweep

First recorded in 1605–15
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British Dictionary definitions for chimney sweep

chimney sweep

chimney sweeper

noun

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