chimney sweep
noun
a person whose business it is to clean out chimneys.
chimney sweeper
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a variation of
chimney sweep.
Example Sentences
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If you burn wood, you probably know to have a certified chimney sweeper clean the chimney and inspect the fireplace annually.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
As often as the chimney is swept, the chimney sweeper removes this temporary wall or stone, which is very easily done, and when he has finished his work, he again puts it in its place.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
The throat of the chimney being reduced to four inches, it will be necessary to make a provision for the passage of a chimney sweeper.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
One will open to you and ask if you are the chimney sweeper; you shall answer that you are thin and that you have not lost the card.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster
Mr. King and Mr. Lewis walking together in Birmingham, a chimney sweeper and his boy passed them.
