chimney-sweep
Rooftop brush worker
A chimney-sweep is a person who cleans soot and debris from chimneys to prevent fires and ensure proper ventilation.
The occupation was historically associated with small boys sent up narrow flues—a practice now abolished.
The figure of the soot-blackened sweep appears in Victorian literature and folklore, sometimes as a symbol of good luck.
Also chimney sweep or simply sweep.
Carbon from incomplete burning
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- flueChimney's inner passage
- rooftopBuilding's top exterior surface
- ladderPortable climbing frame
apprentice · guild · tradesman · Victorian · livery · top hat · wages · tools
- BertMasculine name, often shortened
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- child laborMinors performing paid work
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
Dick Van Dyke · Oliver Twist · climbing boys · reform · Kingsley · Hans Christian Andersen · silhouette · London
Sweeping motion with bristles
- scrapingRubbing away material
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
cleaning · dislodging · creosote · downdraft · updraft · blockage · vacuuming · damper
soot
Carbon from incomplete burning
ladder · apprentice · guild · tradesman · Victorian · livery · top hat · wages · tools · scraper
Mary Poppins
- BertMasculine name, often shortened
- DickensianGrimly poor, socially unjust
- child laborMinors performing paid work
Dick Van Dyke · Oliver Twist · workhouse · climbing boys · reform · Kingsley · Hans Christian Andersen · silhouette · London · industrial
brushing
Sweeping motion with bristles
- scrapingRubbing away material
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- ropeThick twisted fibers
inspection · cleaning · dislodging · creosote · downdraft · updraft · blockage · vacuuming · damper · smoke test
lucky
Favored by chance
handshake · tradition · superstition · kiss · New Year · charm · fortune · talisman · celebration · festivity
chimney-sweeplaunderer
One who cleans clothing
dry cleaner · housemaid · window washer · white-collar worker
chimney, sweep, chimneys, sweeps, swept, sweeper, sweepers, sweeping