chimney pot
Example Sentences
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Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
They wore “Champagne Charley” coats, fancy waistcoats, frilled-fronted shirts, relic of the lace and ruffles of Elizabeth’s days; velvet smoking caps, embroidered slippers, elastic-side boots and chimney pot hats.
From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Tatlow, Joseph
We, with our nobler civic sentiment, model ours on a chimney pot; the ensign of civilisation.
From The Napoleon of Notting Hill by Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham)
They cut their hair close, avoided lace and jewels, had plain linen or cloth suits of a grey or brown tint, with a hat somewhat resembling the modern chimney pot.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary
Mr. Tutt sat down, carefully placed his old chimney pot upside down on the window ledge, and stacked in it the bundle of papers he was carrying.
From By Advice of Counsel by Train, Arthur Cheney
