steeplejack
[stee-puh l-jak]
- a person who climbs steeples, towers, or the like, to build or repair them.
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Origin of steeplejack
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After all, it isn't any worse than being a steel worker or steeplejack.
DisownedVictor Endersby
The other was to Jimmy the Flea, the climber, the steeplejack.
Rootabaga StoriesCarl Sandburg
But it was our Steeplejack, James Huneker, who was our pioneer watcher of the skies.
Turns about TownRobert Cortes Holliday
He saw that the steeplejack had now reached the point where his work was waiting for him, work that required nerve and courage.
King John of JingaloLaurence Housman
Blixie Bimber liked him because he was a steeplejack, a little, but more because he was a whistler.
Rootabaga StoriesCarl Sandburg
steeplejack
- a person trained and skilled in the construction and repair of steeples, chimneys, etc
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Word Origin
C19: from steeple + jack 1 (in the sense: a man or fellow)
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