Spazzacamini (Italian for chimney sweep) was the term for child laborers in 19th-to-early-20th-century Italy and Switzerland, where they were also known as Kaminfegerkinder in German-speaking areas. == History and origin == The boys, usually 8 to 12 years old, were mostly from the Canton of Ticino, coveted by their padroni chimney sweepers because they were small and slim and so could climb the narrow chimneys and to clean them.
Spazzacamini (Italian for chimney sweep) was the term for child laborers in 19th-to-early-20th-century Italy and Switzerland, where they were also known as Kaminfegerkinder in German-speaking areas. == History and origin == The boys, usually 8 to 12 years old, were mostly from the Canton of Ticino, coveted by their padroni chimney sweepers because they were small and slim and so could climb the narrow chimneys and to clean them.
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