Climbing Boy Definition
noun
A small child formerly employed by a chimney sweep to ascend and clean flues.
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Noun
Singular:
climbing boy
Plural:
climbing boysOrigin of Climbing Boy
From the fact that boys were often sold into labor to “climb" chimneys in the 1800s.
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