ashpit
a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
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How to use ashpit in a sentence
Meanwhile the police court seems to me as necessary a part of our equipment as a sewage works or an ashpit.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott ParryIt is composed of a double cylinder of copper or cast-iron l, l, having a grate b (see plan), an ashpit at d (section).
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreChildren—and sometimes old children—think that a little hag resides in the ashpit beside the fire.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceYou was starin' up at the sky at a lark—I was going to the ashpit—and I heard you say softly to yourself, 'Bird, thou never wert.'
Dimbie and I--and Amelia | Mabel Barnes-GrundyOak drew a slow breath, looked sadly into the bright ashpit, and seemed lost in thoughts not of the most hopeful hue.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas Hardy
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