inglenook
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of inglenook
Example Sentences
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They're only hiding in the inglenook just beyond the boating lake.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013
Unlike Lutyens, Mackintosh was not willing to knock up a Tudorbethan inglenook to order.
From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2013
The inglenook was probably put together from remnants and refimshed.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was not conscious of how heavily she leaned on her father's arm, which lovingly enfolded her, leading her to the big chair in the inglenook.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
An enormous wood fire blazed at one end of the hall, and in the inglenook sat a girl of some twenty summers.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
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