chimney place

American  

noun

1. an open hearth.

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chimney place

A wood fire was smouldering on the andirons in the wide brick chimney place.

From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Deming, Edwin Willard

Her frightened eyes caught sight of him lying back in the chair before the dying fire in the chimney place.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

So he crept up close to the chimney place, And measured a sock with a sober face; Just then a wee little note fell out And fluttered low, like a bird, about.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

There was a block of cork on each side of the chimney place.

From Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates by Dodge, Mary Mapes

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