or -scraper, subs. (common).—A chimney-sweep. [From FLUE + FAKER (q.v.).] MINOR CLERGY = young chimney sweeps. For synonyms, see CLERGYMAN.
1821. P. EGAN, Tom and Jerry, p. 60. The ‘office’ has been given to ‘shove’ the poor FLUE-FAKER against Tom’s light drab coat.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
1882. Punch. LXXXII., p. 185, col. 2.
