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单词 steeplejack
释义

steeplejack

noun

stee·​ple·​jack ˈstē-pəl-ˌjak How to pronounce steeplejack (audio)
: a person whose work is building smokestacks, towers, or steeples or climbing up the outside of them to paint and make repairs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In 1876, Cincinnati Commercial reporter Lafcadio Hearn wrote about accompanying a steeplejack to climb to the top of the spire. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2021 Jim Phelan, a steeplejack who installs and repairs flagpoles, remembers a childhood visit to the Bolander plant, when Larry Sr. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018 When City Hall’s flagpole ropes busted two weeks ago, maintenance supervisor Daynon Arrington couldn’t find a steeplejack in Kansas City. Sarah Gish, kansascity, 20 Dec. 2017 The 15-year-old junior steeplejack will also be charged with a curfew violation. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 June 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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