chimney sweeper

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If you burn wood, you probably know to have a certified chimney sweeper clean the chimney and inspect the fireplace annually.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021

A clergyman meeting a chimney sweeper, asked whence he came?

From The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various

William Davis, a chimney sweeper of King Street, St. Ann's, Westminster, was called on for king's taxes to the amount of four pounds twelve shillings, on the 23rd of October, by Sharp the collector.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile

The lowly chimney sweeper, paid 6d. a day, served an apprenticeship as a boy, and then was his own master.

From Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by Reilly, S. A.

You have encountered a chimney sweeper, and of course you get some of the soot.

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony