English Dictionary

May-day sweep

名詞

(largely historical) One of the sweeps (chimney sweeps), clad in bright clothes and garlands and carrying a blackened broom, in a May Day parade.

日本語の意味

（主に歴史的な用法）メイデーパレードに登場する、明るい衣装と花飾りを身にまとい、黒く焦げたほうきを持った煙突掃除人の一役としての存在

Every year the May-day sweep led the procession, his soot-streaked face bright beneath a wreath and his broom held proudly.

毎年、華やかな服と花冠を身に着けたメーデーの煙突掃除夫が行列の先頭に立ち、すすで黒ずんだ顔を花冠の下で輝かせ、黒く汚れたほうきを誇らしげに掲げた。

意味（1）

(largely historical) One of the sweeps (chimney sweeps), clad in bright clothes and garlands and carrying a blackened broom, in a May Day parade.

The common herd of mortals invent excuses : they shuffle like a May-day sweep, and lie like the prospectus of a new Magazine.

May-day sweeps （ plural ）