potbelly stove
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of potbelly stove
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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I grew up in eastern Kentucky and attended grade school in a four-room schoolhouse without indoor plumbing that had a potbelly stove for heat in the winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
Around a potbelly stove, students reviewed cases under the famously stern eye of Dean John Condon.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2021
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
Once we were seated and Mrs. Brenner had put a kettle of tea on the small potbelly stove in the corner, she turned to me.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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