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
After picking and diving their way beneath the trembling lines of underwear, pillowcases, sheets, and what not, they paused in front of a tall chimney pot.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham
There was a man, and he had naught, And robbers came to rob him; He crept up to the chimney pot, And then they thought they had him.
From The Nursery Rhymes of England by Various
The curtain's hem, rose-embroidered, flutters, and half reveals a burnt-red chimney pot.
From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard
We, with our nobler civic sentiment, model ours on a chimney pot; the ensign of civilisation.
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)
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