potbelly stove
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of potbelly stove
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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His swanky West Hollywood atelier had colorful wallpaper and African masks on the walls, a huge potbelly stove and a full bar, where customers could indulge throughout a fitting.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
A potbelly stove took the edge off bitterly cold days outside the rough-hewed schoolhouses north of Fergus Falls, the county seat.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2019
He has a neighbor, Steve, a stone’s throw away, who lives in a sturdy “tiny house” heated by a potbelly stove.
From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2017
The school gym was an old wooden building called “the barn” that had been built by students and was heated by a potbelly stove, he said.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2016
Hundreds of crates of misprinted dictionaries are stacked in the halls, and the girls burn them page by page in the potbelly stove.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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