chimney pot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chimney pot
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
We, with our nobler civic sentiment, model ours on a chimney pot; the ensign of civilisation.
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by W. Graham (Walford Graham) Robertson
The curtain's hem, rose-embroidered, flutters, and half reveals a burnt-red chimney pot.
From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Richard Aldington
Mr. Tutt sat down, carefully placed his old chimney pot upside down on the window ledge, and stacked in it the bundle of papers he was carrying.
From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train
They cut their hair close, avoided lace and jewels, had plain linen or cloth suits of a grey or brown tint, with a hat somewhat resembling the modern chimney pot.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
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