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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 chimneysplay

  Familiarity information: CHIMNEYSWEEPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHIMNEYSWEEPER (noun)


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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