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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Lodging, food, and fuel will be available at Panamint Springs Resort, Stovepipe Wells Village and the Oasis at Death Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 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
When "Kid" Brady was sent to the rope by Molly McKeever's blue-black eyes he withdrew from the Stovepipe Gang.
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
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