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
There were magazines, Reviews and illustrated papers everywhere in evidence, an open box of cigarettes upon the chimneypiece, an armful of flowers thrown loose upon the table, as well as the roses upon her desk.
From The Wicked Marquis by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
There was Macklin as Shylock, with knife in hand; and Kemble, in the solemn weeds of the Dane; and Kean in the place of honor over the chimneypiece.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
At a quarter past seven, by the cuckoo clock on the chimneypiece, there came a knock at the outer door of the room which opened on the street.
From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.
An engraved portrait of the illustrious Hahnemann occupied the place of honor over the chimneypiece.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various
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