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 wheeled round, and looked at himself in the large glass over the chimneypiece.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Over the chimneypiece there was a gun that took Mick's fancy.
From The Weans at Rowallan by Kathleen Fitzpatrick
There were magazines, Reviews and illustrated papers everywhere in evidence, an open box of cigarettes upon the chimneypiece, an armful of flowers thrown loose upon the table, as well as the roses upon her desk.
From The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
At a quarter past seven, by the cuckoo clock on the chimneypiece, there came a knock at the outer door of the room which opened on the street.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
