Such persons were also called steeplejacks, and they were paid liberally for their exploits, as they deserved to be. ❋ Various (N/A)
So with men who work in high places or where there is risk, such as steeplejacks, bridge builders, iron workers, engineers; let an accident happen to them, or let there occur an exhausting disease with its aftermath of neurasthenia, and the self-esteem and self-confidence disappear so that in many cases they have to give up their job. ❋ Unknown (1921)
The "conservatives" so desperate to lose the election could be anything - vicars, trick cyclists, steeplejacks, big game hunters, morris dancers, etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But that's a two-man job involving steeplejacks and grud alone knows what else. ❋ DAVID BISHOP (2009)
It was hidden forever among the roofs and butting shoulders of the ancillary wings and was never seen again from the outside except by airmen and steeplejacks. ❋ Waugh, Evelyn (1998)
In the summer of 1921 the steeplejacks employed to test the lightning conductor found that the iron cramps had rusted to such an extent as to split the stonework. ❋ Edric Holmes (N/A)
"But nothing! nothing!" he went on, "no power on earth -- except it were a whole army of steeplejacks ----" ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)
It was not the right and dignified way for a royal accident to happen: falling down-stairs suggested the same failing as that to which steeplejacks were prone. ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)
"So do all steeplejacks," said the King, and quoted the _Encyclopedia_: ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)
It was all very interesting and very apposite, and rather pathetic; and when he had done he turned over the pages backward till he came from steeplejacks to "Statesmen" and "Statecraft" and ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)
It never occurred to me that, if I sat still and held on, steeplejacks would be summoned and ladders brought to me; and I am glad that it did not, for this would have taken hours, and I know now that I could not have held out for half an hour inactive. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)
And he got a couple of these professional steeplejacks to examine it. ❋ Unknown (1899)
It appears that only prose-men are the culpable ones when they hear the harping of invisible harps from Ibsen steeplejacks, or recognise the colour of ❋ James Huneker (1890)
The university was forced to pay thousands of pounds for two professional steeplejacks to remove the Father Christmas hats. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"It's a lengthy process as the turrets are about 70ft high so you can't just whip up there," said a spokesman for the steeplejacks. ❋ Unknown (2009)
College authorities were not amused and arranged for steeplejacks to retrieve the hats using a series of extra long ladders. ❋ Unknown (2009)
