chimney sweep
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chimney sweep
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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The film’s producers certainly would have found someone else to play Bert the chimney sweep.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025
The chimney sweep comforts the kids by showing why their father should not be feared, but pitied.
From Slate • Apr. 27, 2025
Sherman considered “Mary Poppins,” which starred Andrews in the title role and Dick Van Dyke as Bert the chimney sweep, as “the turning point in our lives, and it’s the highest point in our career.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2024
He and his men were struggling to clean out the barrel of their mud-encrusted howitzer with a long metal brush like a chimney sweep.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
Except for his pudgy face, he might’ve been a chimney sweep out of Oliver Twist.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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