chimney pot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chimney pot
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
In both provinces chimneys are seen without the chimney pot.
From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart
They cut their hair close, avoided lace and jewels, had plain linen or cloth suits of a grey or brown tint, with a hat somewhat resembling the modern chimney pot.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary
After picking and diving their way beneath the trembling lines of underwear, pillowcases, sheets, and what not, they paused in front of a tall chimney pot.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham
The curtain's hem, rose-embroidered, flutters, and half reveals a burnt-red chimney pot.
From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard
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