housetop
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Two generations later, during the Civil War, Moby-Dick author Herman Melville stood in the night on his Manhattan housetop as he watched the city burn.
From Time ● Sep. 19, 2014
The first shot sends a screaming firework over a housetop and into the trees.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
A cone on the housetop lets in air which settles evenly down in a slow draft.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scarcely had she moved from the British-protected waters before her crew saw rockets flare from a housetop on the Rock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wesley and Whitfield said: This frightful truth ought to be proclaimed from the housetop of every opportunity, from the highway of every occasion.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
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