chimney sweep

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noun

a person whose business it is to clean out chimneys.

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Origin of chimney sweep

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby chimney sweep

chimney pot, chimney-pot hat, chimney rock, chimney stack, chimney swallow, chimney sweep, chimney swift, chimney wheel, chimp, chimpanzee, Chimu

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How to use chimney sweep in a sentence

You can prevent this by having a professional chimney sweep inspect your chimney annually, cleaning it as needed.
Is your house safe? Use this checklist to find out.|Jean Feingold|September 7, 2021|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?
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts|George Cruikshank
Jimmy says the chimney-sweep was doing bayonet exercises with his brush at Faithful and working his black face at him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
Jimmy says the beads of perspiration stood on the chimney-sweep's face like ink.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various

After the chimney-sweep came a cook; then came one of the city sweepers, from the Raineri School, to get a prize.
Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis
It was very much as if a London chimney-sweep were to go to-morrow to ask audience and favors of Queen Victoria.
The Spanish Pioneers|Charles F. Lummis

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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chimney sweep

or chimney sweeper

Origin of chimney sweep

Words nearby chimney sweep

Words related to chimney sweep

How to use chimney sweep in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for chimney sweep

chimney sweeper