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Definition of Sweepers
1. sweeper [n] - See also: sweeper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweepers
Literary usage of Sweepers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1850)
"THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-sweepers. walks on crutches. Girls whom you left children
have become sage matrons while you are tarrying there. ..."
2. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in ...by Edward William Cox by Edward William Cox (1895)
"An Act to make better provision for the Regulation of Chimney sweepers. ...
This Act may be cited as " The Chimney sweepers Act, 1894," and shall be read as ..."
3. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), H. C. Overall, Corporation of London (1878)
"The Petition of the poor Chimney-sweepers of the City of London to the King,
referred to in the foregoing Letter. The Petition alleges that there were above ..."
4. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), Corporation of London (1878)
"The Petition of the poor Chimney-sweepers of the City of London to the King,
referred to in the foregoing Letter. The Petition alleges that there were above ..."
5. The Works of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1850)
"THE PRAISE OF CHIMNEY-sweepers. walks on crutches. Girls whom you left children
have become sage matrons while you are tarrying there. ..."
6. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in ...by Edward William Cox by Edward William Cox (1895)
"An Act to make better provision for the Regulation of Chimney sweepers. ...
This Act may be cited as " The Chimney sweepers Act, 1894," and shall be read as ..."
7. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), H. C. Overall, Corporation of London (1878)
"The Petition of the poor Chimney-sweepers of the City of London to the King,
referred to in the foregoing Letter. The Petition alleges that there were above ..."
8. Analytical Index, to the Series of Records Known as the Remembrancia by Corporation of London (England), Corporation of London (1878)
"The Petition of the poor Chimney-sweepers of the City of London to the King,
referred to in the foregoing Letter. The Petition alleges that there were above ..."
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