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soot devils

soot devils is the plural of soot devil.

Meaning of soot devil

Noun

soot devil (plural soot devils)

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

Questions about soot devils

What is soot devils the plural of?
Soot devils is the plural of soot devil.

Words near soot devils in the dictionary

  1. soot ball
  2. soot balls
  3. soot blower
  4. soot blowers
  5. soot devil
  6. soot devils
  7. soot wart
  8. soot warts
  9. soot-ball
  10. soot-balls
  11. soot-oh

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