chimneysweeper
- noun
- /ˈʧɪmniˌswipər/
:
deshollinador
- In Victorian England, becoming a chimneysweeper was often a job for young boys.
Examples
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After the fire, they hired a chimneysweeper to ensure the flues were clear.
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The old house required a chimneysweeper to remove decades of soot build-up.
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In Victorian England, becoming a chimneysweeper was often a job for young boys.
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The chimneysweeper arrived early in the morning.
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Did the chimneysweeper finish the job on time?
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After the fire, they hired a chimneysweeper to ensure the flues were clear.
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The old house required a chimneysweeper to remove decades of soot build-up.
Synonyms
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A person who cleans soot from chimneys
A person who cleans soot and ash from chimneys
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chimneysweeper joins chimney (the house 'smoke pipe') and sweeper ('one who sweeps'), so imagine someone brushing black soot out of the tall pipe above a fireplace. That's why a chimneysweeper is a person whose job is to clean soot and ash from chimneys.