mantlepiece
[man-tl-pees]
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noun
Origin of mantlepiece
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Historical Examples of mantlepiece
Eight o'clock sounded from the ruins of Carthage on the mantlepiece.
The Crime of Sylvestre BonnardAnatole France
He sat down opposite me and pointed to a photograph in the centre of his mantlepiece.
Hilda WadeGrant Allen
He turned as white as the sheet on the bed, and clutched the mantlepiece.
The Observations of HenryJerome K. Jerome
If you want to do some writing, that's the top of the desk on end against the mantlepiece.
A Thief in the NightE. W. Hornung
Edward was standing near the mantlepiece immersed in the paper.
A Bed of RosesW. L. George