chimney-sweepn.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Cheminée Haut & bas la cheminée, chimney-sweepe; the crie of chimney-sweepers.
2. = chimney-sweeper n. 1 (Now also simply sweep n.) chimney-sweep's cancer: see chimney-sweeper n. 1b.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who
chimney-sweeper?1518
sweep-chimney1657
lily-white1699
chimney-sweep1709
sooterkin1795
sweepy1798
sweep1812
ramoneura1859
chummy1860
chimney-cleanser1905
chimney-cleaner1906
fluonomist1946
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > cancer > types of
soft cancer1804
soot-wart?1810
melanosis1826
mastoid cancer1846
skin cancer1847
cancroid1854
epithelioma1872
soot-cancer1878
scirrhus1881
chimney-sweep's cancer1888
peau d'orange1896
pigskin1898
medullary carcinoma1926
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > reproductive organ disorders > [noun] > of male > disorders of scrotum
steatocele1684
scrotocele1693
oscheocele1728
soot-wart?1810
liparocele1830
soot-cancer1878
chimney-sweep's cancer1888
1709 J. Swift Descr. Morning in Tatler No. 9 The smallcoal-man was heard with cadence deep, Till drown'd in shriller notes of chimney-sweep.
a1845 T. Hood Doves & Crows iv As fine as Chimney Sweeps in May.
1888 M. Mackenzie Illness Frederick the Noble 41 A particular form of cancer..formerly..common enough in England, is now almost extinct..‘chimney sweep's cancer’.
3. The name of a fly used in salmon-fishing.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > salmon flies
salmon fly1704
kingfisher?1758
tartan1837
goldfinch1845
parr-tail1847
baker1848
butcher1860
Jock Scott1866
claret1867
colonel1867
king1867
major1867
Shannon fly1867
wasp1867
chimney-sweep1872
Jack Scott1874
hornet1876
winesop black1876
mystery1880
1872 F. Francis Bk. Angling (ed. 3) xii. 417 The Chimney Sweep..is the only thoroughly black fly I ever saw.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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