chimney sweep
Noun
Meaning
chimney sweep (plural chimney sweeps)
A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
Synonym: chimney sweeper
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chimney-sweep
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Even the pictures I was doing at college - a little narrative based on a butterfly catcher, or a chimney sweep - the images were always telling stories. They were all scenarios and moods which I storyboarded and worked through - it's exactly what I do now.
May you have a bright future – as the chimney sweep said to his son.
When a miller fights with a chimney sweep, the miller gets black and the chimney sweep gets white.
Have a chimney sweep come in every year to check your fireplace for safety and clean out the remains of last year's fires.
It's also the perfect time to schedule an appointment with a chimney sweep to remove soot from the flue and check for obstructions in the chimney.
They'd guess chimney sweep before show business," Lange says.