chimneysweeper

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chimneysweeper (plural chimneysweepers)

  1. Alternative form of chimney sweeper
    • 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 []