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chimneypiece

NOUN
mantel
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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

"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)

One side of the chimneypiece here is called "The Actor's Pillar," so richly is it adorned with the names of actors; Edmund Kean's signature being among them, and still legible.

From Shakespeare's England by Winter, William

He had drawn his chair still closer to the fire, and now sat with his feet, not on the fender, but half-way up one of the pilasters that supported the chimneypiece.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]




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