chimneypiece
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
He drew back from her, and leaned against the chimneypiece and looked at her more intently than before.
From The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur by Sinclair, May
‘Fixed as the look the young fellow meets is, there is yet in it some strange power of suddenly including the sketch over the chimneypiece.’
From The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens by Nicoll, W. Robertson
He wheeled round, and looked at himself in the large glass over the chimneypiece.
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
And in his perturbation he glanced from her bent head to the picture above the chimneypiece from which Anthony Asshlin's ardent face showed out a vague patch of colour against its black background.
From The Gambler A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
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