chimneysweeper

chimneysweeper

English

Etymology

chimney +‎ sweeper

Noun

chimneysweeper (plural chimneysweepers)

1. Synonym of chimney sweep
   • 1835, Francis Lieber, ‎Edward Wigglesworth, ‎Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Encyclopædia Americana

     Chimneysweepers are, in all countries, in a state deserving great pity. Their condition in London has led to the establishment of a Society for superseding the necessity of climbing-boys, by encouraging a new method of sweeping chimneys […]