"soot devil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soot devils [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soot devil (plural soot devils)
  1. (archaic, colloquial) A chimney sweep's young assistant who was sent up chimneys to clean them. Tags: archaic, colloquial
    Sense id: en-soot_devil-en-noun-N3QpD~tI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(archaic, colloquial) A chimney sweep's young assistant who was sent up chimneys to clean them."
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