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chimney

[chim-nee] / ˈtʃɪm ni /


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Zusha grew up on a dirt road in upstate New York and has worked as a stonemason and a chimney sweep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"The house wasn't there, it was just bits of bricks and a chimney."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

An Orkney stonemason has turned "snow mason" to build an impressive igloo with a working fire and chimney.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

No one was asking the first lady to do funny voices or make clippety-cloppity reindeer-hoof noises or pantomime Santa getting stuck in the chimney.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025

The glow, the actual light in the Mirror, began to trickle out of the hole in the middle of the Mirror, just like smoke rising out of a chimney.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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