chimney place

American  

noun

1. an open hearth.

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chimney place

Fairy stories it can tell, Tales of a forgotten race— Of the fairy ghosts that dwell In the ancient chimney place.

From The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 by Field, Walter Taylor

"Oh, oh!" the ogress says, "I know; You're up the chimney place."

From Careless Jane and Other Tales by Pyle, Katharine

In one corner was a chimney place, in which a log burned lazily, opposite a broad, low window, its shelves filled with flower pots, near which, in a harp-backed chair, an old lady sat sewing.

From People of the Whirlpool by Wright, Mabel Osgood

She breaks loose and flies back again to the chimney place, where she stands at bay.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce

And which in the chimney place oft hung of old?

From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Clifton, Grace R.