Sexual meaning of chimney and chimney sweeps in the 18th century?

[Laurence Horn]

At 1:45 PM -0400 3/29/10, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>The following reference has an entry for "chimney" that contains a
>relevant example in the 18th century and multiple examples from
>earlier centuries. The link below goes to near the beginning of the
>"chimney" entry. On the next page Masquerade Ballad (c. 1720; Farmer
>III.233) is given as an example.
>
>Citation: 1994, A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in
>Shakespearean and Stuart literature by Gordon Williams, Continuum
>International Publishing Group. (Google Books limited view)
>
>http://books.google.com/books?id=2XtWDhgljvkC&q=%22placing+la+casa%22#v=snippet&
>
>Google Books contains a collection that includes Masquerade Ballad. {...}
>

Indeed, and with unisex value for "chimney", at least for the Italian
counterpart.  Nice cite also for "buttered bun" in the above link too
in a (sloppily) secondary use.

LH

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