chimney-sweeps
Soot removal workers
Chimney-sweeps is the plural of chimney-sweep, a person who cleans soot and debris from chimneys.
The trade was historically associated with young boys small enough to climb inside flues—a practice now abolished.
Modern chimney sweeps use brushes and vacuums.
The chimney-sweeps arrived covered in black dust.
Thin cylindrical shafts
- bristlesCoarse animal hairs
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- creosoteCoal-tar distillate for preservation
blockage · nesting · caps · liners · damper · draft · buildup · debris
Carbon from incomplete burning
- brushesBristled implements for grooming
- flueChimney's inner passage
- rooftopBuilding's top exterior surface
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
ladders · apprentice · guild · tradesman · broom · scraper · tools · profession
rods
Thin cylindrical shafts
- bristlesCoarse animal hairs
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
creosote · blockage · nesting · caps · liners · damper · draft · buildup · debris · fireplace
soot
Carbon from incomplete burning
- brushesBristled implements for grooming
- flueChimney's inner passage
- rooftopBuilding's top exterior surface
scaffold · ladders · apprentice · guild · tradesman · broom · scraper · tools · profession · wages
Victorian
Of a prim era
- orphansChildren whose parents died
- workhouseInstitution housing poor laborers
- exploitationSelfish use of others
indenture · reform · paupers · mortality · stunted · cancer · tuberculosis · parish · cruelty · Kingsley
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
blessing · tradition · handshake · German · British · superstition · fortune · charm · greeting · ceremony
chimney-sweepsaristocrats
Hereditary ruling class
nobility · royalty · lords · landed gentry · gentlemen
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