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CHIMNEYSWEEPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chimneysweeper mean?
• CHIMNEYSWEEPER (noun)
The noun CHIMNEYSWEEPER has 1 sense:
1. someone who cleans soot from chimneys
Familiarity information: CHIMNEYSWEEPER 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 ("chimneysweeper" is a kind of...):
cleaner (someone whose occupation is cleaning)
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"Have not want not." (Lee Field Walstad)
"If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it." (Arabic proverb)
"The innkeeper trusts his guests like he is himself" (Dutch proverb)