noun
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a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
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Also called: stovepipe hat. a man's tall silk hat
Etymology
Origin of stovepipe
Example Sentences
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The park’s Stovepipe Wells Village, which includes lodging, restaurant, store and gas station about 25 miles northwest of Furnace Creek, is close to the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and Mosaic Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
The park’s brownish hills feature signage saying “heat kills” and other messaging, such as a Stovepipe Wells sign warning travelers of the “Savage Summer Sun.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
When it stopped, we drove 25 miles north to the village of Stovepipe Wells and saw how easily rain changes Death Valley.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023
A 3-wood would be too much … mist settled on the tall black hat worn by Gene’s tall black caddie, a local preacher nicknamed Stovepipe.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 31, 2018
They camped at Stovepipe that day while Virginia gained back her strength, and at last they came in sight of Keno.
From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane
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