chimneypiece

Example Sentences

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The huge chimneypiece was cracked, though, and the hearth was empty.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

There was Macklin as Shylock, with knife in hand; and Kemble, in the solemn weeds of the Dane; and Kean in the place of honor over the chimneypiece.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

But, when you don't know the secret, you must first lift up the whole chimneypiece, looking-glass, marble and all in a lump, it seems.

From 813 by Leblanc, Maurice

Lilian's canary hung in the sunniest window, Peggy's silkworms lay in a box on the sideboard, and Bobby's white mice reposed in much comfort in a cage on the chimneypiece.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela

"There's certainly something to be said for keeping a revolver," observed Uvo, eyeing the brace now lying on the cast-iron chimneypiece.

From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)