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CHIMNEYSWEEP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chimneysweep mean?
• CHIMNEYSWEEP (noun)
The noun CHIMNEYSWEEP has 1 sense:
1. someone who cleans soot from chimneys
Familiarity information: CHIMNEYSWEEP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who cleans soot from chimneys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chimneysweep; chimneysweeper; sweep
Hypernyms ("chimneysweep" is a kind of...):
cleaner (someone whose occupation is cleaning)
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