chimney-sweepern.

Forms: see chimney n. and sweeper n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chimney n., sweeper n.

Etymology: < chimney n. + sweeper n. Compare chimney-sweep n. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchimney-ˌsweeper.

a. One whose business it is to sweep chimneys, in order to remove the soot.

ΘΚΠ

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

?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Chymney swepers, and costerde mongers.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 264 To looke like her are Chimnie-sweepers blake.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 198 A Chimny-sweeper, with his Brooms, his Poles and Shackles.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 360 Dressed..like English chimney-sweepers on May-day.

b. chimney-sweeper's cancer: ‘epithelioma of the scrotum, caused by the irritation of soot’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

2. A stiff radiating brush fixed on a long jointed rod, used for cleaning chimneys; a sweep's brush.Introduced in 1805 to supersede the use of climbing boys.

3. Collector's name for a small black British moth ( Tanagra chærophyllata).

4. (See quot.) U.S.

ΚΠ

1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 393 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The sooty powder on the flowering parts of corn-plants, called smut, chimney-sweepers, and dust-brand, is formed of the spores of another uredo.

Derivatives

ˈchimney-sweeping n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [adjective] > cleaning chimneys

chimney-sweeping1599

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys

chimney-sweeping1836

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 38 Such chimnie sweeping attributes of smoking and parching.

1650 T. Venner Treat. Tobacco 412 Attended with Chimney-sweeping Lackeys.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 335 Chimney-sweeping had become a favourite..pursuit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	chimney-sweeper
释义	chimney-sweepern. Forms: see chimney n. and sweeper n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chimney n., sweeper n. Etymology: < chimney n. + sweeper n. Compare chimney-sweep n. 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchimney-ˌsweeper. 1. a. One whose business it is to sweep chimneys, in order to remove the soot. ΘΚΠ 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 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj^v Chymney swepers, and costerde mongers. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 264 To looke like her are Chimnie-sweepers blake. View more context for this quotation 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 198 A Chimny-sweeper, with his Brooms, his Poles and Shackles. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 360 Dressed..like English chimney-sweepers on May-day. b. chimney-sweeper's cancer: ‘epithelioma of the scrotum, caused by the irritation of soot’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). 2. A stiff radiating brush fixed on a long jointed rod, used for cleaning chimneys; a sweep's brush.Introduced in 1805 to supersede the use of climbing boys. 3. Collector's name for a small black British moth ( Tanagra chærophyllata). 4. (See quot.) U.S. ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 393 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The sooty powder on the flowering parts of corn-plants, called smut, chimney-sweepers, and dust-brand, is formed of the spores of another uredo. Derivatives ˈchimney-sweeping n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [adjective] > cleaning chimneys chimney-sweeping1599 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys chimney-sweeping1836 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 38 Such chimnie sweeping attributes of smoking and parching. 1650 T. Venner Treat. Tobacco 412 Attended with Chimney-sweeping Lackeys. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 335 Chimney-sweeping had become a favourite..pursuit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.?1518
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