Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for chimney sweep
chimney sweep
or chimney sweeper
noun
- a person whose business it is to clean out chimneys.
chimney sweep
noun
- a person whose job is the cleaning out of soot from chimneys
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Origin of chimney sweep1
First recorded in 1605–15
Discover More
Example Sentences
And then if the ghost of a chimney-sweep were to appear—and why not the spirit of a sweep as well as anybody else?
From Project Gutenberg
Jimmy says the chimney-sweep was doing bayonet exercises with his brush at Faithful and working his black face at him.
From Project Gutenberg
Jimmy says the beads of perspiration stood on the chimney-sweep's face like ink.
From Project Gutenberg
After the chimney-sweep came a cook; then came one of the city sweepers, from the Raineri School, to get a prize.
From Project Gutenberg
It was very much as if a London chimney-sweep were to go to-morrow to ask audience and favors of Queen Victoria.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse