chimney sweep

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Take Jake Jacobs, who’s a chimney sweep during the summers in Glens Falls, New York, so he can earn money to travel around the circuit.

From Seattle Times

Have a certified chimney sweep inspect and clean your fireplace.

From Seattle Times

If you have a wood-burning fireplace, you should get it checked out annually by a chimney sweep certified by the Chimney Safety Institute of America to make sure it’s in safe operating condition.

From Seattle Times

In his RNC speech, Owens shared that after his Super Bowl championship with the Oakland Raiders, he lost everything and moved his family of six into a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn where he took a job as a chimney sweep during the day and a security guard at night.

From Fox News

An Irving Penn series commissioned once by Withers similarly portrays men and women holding traditional blue-collar jobs: a chimney sweep, a cobbler, a fishmonger and what was then known as a rag-and-bone man, a sack slung over his shoulder.

From New York Times