Chimney-sweep

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of chimney sweep. alt-of, archaic

    "[…] he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise-bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May day."

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"[…] he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise-bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May day."

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