mantelshelf
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Nine years away from the West End stage, frolicsome Actress Sarah Churchill buckled down for her mantelshelf solo as the protagonist in a forthcoming production of Sir James Barrie's Peter Pan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Indeed, one could hardly believe two whole hours had elapsed when Miss Kenton looked up at the clock on the mantelshelf and said she would have to be returning home.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Presently he stopped short before the fireplace, and contemplated the little silver figures standing in the niches of the highcarved mantelshelf.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
You came downstairs in the dark, took the key from the mantelshelf, and went out into the garden and locked it.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Humphreys was quite right; the clock upon the mantelshelf had gained fourteen minutes upon all our watches.
From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.