steeplejack
noun
stee·ple·jack
ˈstē-pəl-ˌjak 
: a person whose work is building smokestacks, towers, or steeples or climbing up the outside of them to paint and make repairs
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In 1876, Cincinnati Commercial reporter Lafcadio Hearn wrote about accompanying a steeplejack to climb to the top of the spire.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2021
Jim Phelan, a steeplejack who installs and repairs flagpoles, remembers a childhood visit to the Bolander plant, when Larry Sr.’s uncle, Lou, turned wood on a lathe driven by a leather belt with pulleys and drive shafts.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018
When City Hall’s flagpole ropes busted two weeks ago, maintenance supervisor Daynon Arrington couldn’t find a steeplejack in Kansas City.
—Sarah Gish, kansascity, 20 Dec. 2017
The 15-year-old junior steeplejack will also be charged with a curfew violation.
—Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 June 2017
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2021
Jim Phelan, a steeplejack who installs and repairs flagpoles, remembers a childhood visit to the Bolander plant, when Larry Sr.’s uncle, Lou, turned wood on a lathe driven by a leather belt with pulleys and drive shafts.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2018
When City Hall’s flagpole ropes busted two weeks ago, maintenance supervisor Daynon Arrington couldn’t find a steeplejack in Kansas City.
—Sarah Gish, kansascity, 20 Dec. 2017
The 15-year-old junior steeplejack will also be charged with a curfew violation.
—Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 24 June 2017
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“Steeplejack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steeplejack. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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