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
He began to speak as he neared the architectural chimneypiece, merely throwing the words at J. Howard as he passed.
From The High Heart by Basil King
There were shells on the chimneypiece, and two or three china figures.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
I was about to be frightened when a man arose and restlessly moved toward the chimneypiece, not because there was anything there he desired to see, but because he couldn't continue to sit still.
From The High Heart by Basil King
It was one of the deadly brace that we had seen on the colonel's chimneypiece in the middle of the night.
From Witching Hill by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
