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climbing-boy

climbing-boy noun: a chimney sweep's young male assistant who climbed up the chimneys.

Noun

climbing-boy (plural climbing-boys)

  1. (historical) A chimney sweep's young male assistant who climbed up the chimneys.

Forms of climbing-boy

pluralclimbing-boys

Questions about climbing-boy

What does climbing-boy mean?
Climbing-boy means a chimney sweep's young male assistant who climbed up the chimneys.
What part of speech is climbing-boy?
Climbing-boy is a noun.
What is the plural of climbing-boy?
The plural of climbing-boy is climbing-boys.

Words near climbing-boy in the dictionary

  1. climbing up
  2. climbing up the ladder
  3. climbing wall
  4. climbing walls
  5. climbing wattle
  6. climbing-boy
  7. climbingly
  8. climbings
  9. climbout
  10. climbouts
  11. climbs

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