"chimney sweep" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chimney sweep.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chimney sweeps [plural], chimney-sweep [alternative], chimneysweep [alternative]
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  1. A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys. Synonyms: chimney sweeper, sweep-chimney Derived forms: chimney sweep's cancer, chimney sweep's carcinoma Related terms: chimney sweeper, sweep-chimney Translations (occupation): skoorsteenveër (Afrikaans), трубачыст (trubačyst) [masculine] (Belarusian), коминочистач (kominočistač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escura-xemeneies [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), kominík [masculine] (Czech), kominice [feminine] (Czech), skorstensfejer [common-gender] (Danish), schoorsteenveger [masculine] (Dutch), schoorsteenveegster [feminine] (Dutch), kamenpurigisto (Esperanto), korstnapühkija (Estonian), skorsteinssópari [masculine] (Faroese), nuohooja (Finnish), nokikolari (Finnish), ramoneur [masculine] (French), ramoneuse [feminine] (French), Kaminkehrer [masculine] (German), Kaminkehrerin [feminine] (German), Rauchfangkehrer [masculine] (German), Rauchfangkehrerin [feminine] (German), Schornsteinfeger [masculine] (German), Schornsteinfegerin [feminine] (German), καπνοδοχοκαθαριστής (kapnodochokatharistís) [masculine] (Greek), kéményseprő (Hungarian), sótari [masculine] (Icelandic), glantóir simléar (Irish), spazzacamino [masculine] (Italian), spazzacamina [feminine] (Italian), 煙突掃除夫 (entotsu sōjifu) (alt: えんとつそうじふ) (Japanese), 굴뚝 청소부 (gulttuk cheongsobu) (Korean), caminarius [masculine] (Latin), skursteņslauķis [masculine] (Latvian), оџачар (odžačar) [masculine] (Macedonian), ramonneux [masculine] (Norman), اوجاقجی (ocakcı) (Ottoman Turkish), kominiarz [masculine] (Polish), limpador de chaminés [masculine] (Portuguese), limpa-chaminés [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), coșar [masculine] (Romanian), hornar [masculine] (Romanian), трубочи́ст (trubočíst) [masculine] (Russian), gille-mùchain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), димничар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), димњачар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dimničar [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dimnjačar [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), truubšeǩ (Skolt-Sami), kominár [masculine] (Slovak), deshollinador [masculine] (Spanish), limpiachimeneas [masculine] (Spanish), deshollinadora [feminine] (Spanish), sotare [common-gender] (Swedish), skorstensfejare [common-gender] (Swedish), sotarmurre [colloquial, common-gender] (Swedish), ocakçı (Turkish), baca temizleyicisi (Turkish), сажотру́с (sažotrús) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cimiklinükan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), cimihiklinükan [masculine] (Volapük), cimijiklinükan [feminine] (Volapük), glanhäwr simneiau [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "word": "ramoneur"
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "Kaminkehrer"
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          "word": "sótari"
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          "word": "limpador de chaminés"
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "word": "димничар"
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      "word": "kominár"
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "word": "limpiachimeneas"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "occupation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "word": "sotare"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "skorstensfejare"
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "word": "sotarmurre"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "occupation",
      "word": "ocakçı"
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      "sense": "occupation",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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      "word": "glanhäwr simneiau"
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}

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