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
Lilian's canary hung in the sunniest window, Peggy's silkworms lay in a box on the sideboard, and Bobby's white mice reposed in much comfort in a cage on the chimneypiece.
From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela
It was one of the deadly brace that we had seen on the colonel's chimneypiece in the middle of the night.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
When I began to read, the hands of the clock upon the chimneypiece stood at twenty minutes to twelve, and they had reached a quarter past five before I had completed my task.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
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
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