steeplejack


stee·ple·jack

noun \-ˌjak\

Definition of STEEPLEJACK

: a person whose work is building smokestacks, towers, or steeples or climbing up the outside of such structures to paint and make repairs

First Known Use of STEEPLEJACK

1852

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