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• chimney sweeper — noun see chimney sweep * * * chimney sweeper, 1. = chimney sweep. (Cf. ↑chimney sweep) 2. a long handled brush for sweeping chimneys …   Useful english dictionary

• chimney sweep — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms chimney sweep : singular chimney sweep plural chimney sweeps someone whose job is to clean the inside of chimneys …   English dictionary

• sweep-chimney — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: sweep (I) + chimney dialect : chimney sweep …   Useful english dictionary

• Chimney sweep — Chimney sweeper redirects here. For the geometer moth, see Odezia atrata. Chimney sweep in the 1850s A chimney sweep is a worker who clears ash and soot from chimneys. The chimney uses the pressure difference caused by a hot column of gas to… …   Wikipedia

• Chimney Sweep Records — Founded 2004 Founder Ben Peebles Josh Peebles Genre Rock Country of origin US Location …   Wikipedia

• Chimney Sweeps' carcinoma — Chimney sweep s cancer called Soot wart, is a squamous cell carcinoma of the skin of the scrotum. It has the distinction of being the first reported form of occupational cancer, and was initially identified by Percival Pott in 1775. The name came …   Wikipedia

• Chimney sweep — Chimney Chim ney, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[ e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• chimney sweep — chimney sweeps also chimney sweep N COUNT A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys …   English dictionary

• Chimney — Chim ney, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[ e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chimney board — Chimney Chim ney, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[ e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Chimney cap — Chimney Chim ney, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[ e]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. ? furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English