Chimney-sweep
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chimney-sweep is a noun meaning Archaic form of chimney sweep.
Meaning
Archaic form of chimney sweep.
Example Sentences
It is supposed to climb like the old chimney-sweeps, being found with its back braced against the side of the hollow.
The Cleansers—such as scavengers, nightmen, flushermen, chimney-sweeps, dustmen, crossing-sweepers, “street-orderlies,” labourers to sweeping-machines and to watering-carts.
[…] he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise-bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May day.
Word Forms
- chimney-sweeps
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