mantlepiece
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mantlepiece
Example Sentences
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Owner Rita Potter spoke of her joy at getting her dog back, adding: "We kept a photograph on the mantlepiece and would look at it every day thinking of her, and where she might be."
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Was he supposed to be betrothed to him forever, and be a mantlepiece for folk music until his death?
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
“Everyone has been so kind and nice,” she added, describing how one couple came over and said “Hey, we have Luther Price’s mantlepiece, do you want it?”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Barcelona’s Luis Suárez, who could put The Sid award for player of the year on his mantlepiece along the rest of his silverware, if such a thing existed.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016
I got up and took Father’s bayonet down from the wall over the mantlepiece.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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