单词 | sweep-chimney |
释义 | > as lemmassweep-chimney sweep-chimney n. Brit. /ˈswiːptʃɪmni/ , U.S. /ˈswipˌtʃɪmni/ Obsolete or dialect a chimney-sweeper.ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who chimney-sweeper?1518 sweep-chimney1657 lily-white1699 chimney-sweep1709 sooterkin1795 sweepy1798 sweep1812 ramoneura1859 chummy1860 chimney-cleanser1905 chimney-cleaner1906 fluonomist1946 1657 R. Baxter One Sheet for Ministry §12. 6 I would be a Plow-man,..if not a sweep-Chimney, rather then a Minister. 1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 87 in Athenæ Britannicæ III It [sc. a conduit of stone for water] serves only for Sweep-Chimneys to stand by,..and therefore vulgarly call'd Sweep-Chimneys-Hall. 1826 Times 5 Jan. 3/4 He was a sweep-chimney by profession. 1858 T. Hughes Scouring of White Horse v. 94 Amongst 'em a sweep chimley and a millurd. < as lemmas |
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