chimney
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"The house wasn't there, it was just bits of bricks and a chimney."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Once you create a chimney that stands alone, “it always signals that absence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
In Shropshire, firefighters trudged through half a mile of snow in the dark to deal with a chimney fire.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 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
It’s usual in the winter to go out in the morning and see chickens on the roof, flocked around the chimney warming themselves.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing chimney
Joy To The Word: Christmas Terms
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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