English Explanatory Dictionary

climbing boy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small child employed by a chimney sweep to ascend and clean flues.

Word forms

climbing boy climbing boys

Etymology

From the fact that boys were often sold into labor to “climb” chimneys in the 1800s.

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