chimney sweep
noun
: a person whose occupation is cleaning soot from chimney flues
called also chimney sweeper
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The black smoke soon turned to white; perhaps the Sistine Chapel just needed a good chimney sweep.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Some of the first recorded causal links date back to 1775 with a high incidence of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps, and in 1907, when workers developed skin cancer as a result of handling tar or pitch.
—John F. McQuillan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Then, prune overgrown trees and shrubs, trim tall grasses and weedy areas, mow regularly to keep your lawn cut close, and consider calling a chimney sweep to clean out your chimney.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
How could a society judge each individual on his or her own merits when rich dunces enjoyed the best educations and poor geniuses left school as children to work as chimney sweeps?
—John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Some of the first recorded causal links date back to 1775 with a high incidence of scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps, and in 1907, when workers developed skin cancer as a result of handling tar or pitch.
—John F. McQuillan, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Then, prune overgrown trees and shrubs, trim tall grasses and weedy areas, mow regularly to keep your lawn cut close, and consider calling a chimney sweep to clean out your chimney.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
How could a society judge each individual on his or her own merits when rich dunces enjoyed the best educations and poor geniuses left school as children to work as chimney sweeps?
—John Micklethwait, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2014
See All Example Sentences for chimney sweep
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“Chimney sweep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chimney%20sweep. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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