mantlepiece

[ man-tl-pees ]

/ ˈmæn tlˌpis /

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The mantlepiece was bare save for the signed photograph of some magnificent foreign-looking athlete, nude to the waist.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George
Above the mantlepiece hung the picture of the father of the two De Witts—an austere face, painted after the manner of Rembrandt.
The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code|Eugne Sue
She placed the coin on the mantlepiece after counting the remainder.
A Bed of Roses|W. L. George
The caricature of the old-time American exhibited him with his feet on the mantlepiece, or somewhere as high as his head.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh

As a proof of this, the wife of the broker put grandly a five-franc piece on the mantlepiece, and quietly slipped out.
The Clique of Gold|Emile Gaboriau