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
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
After picking and diving their way beneath the trembling lines of underwear, pillowcases, sheets, and what not, they paused in front of a tall chimney pot.
From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham
The curtain's hem, rose-embroidered, flutters, and half reveals a burnt-red chimney pot.
From Some Imagist Poets, 1916 An Annual Anthology by Aldington, Richard
