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chimney corners

chimney corners is the plural of chimney corner.

Meaning of chimney corner

Noun

chimney corner (plural chimney corners)

  1. The side of an open fireplace or hearth in a home, traditionally thought of as a place for the old or unwell; an inglenook.
    • It is meere injuſtice to ſee an old, crazed, ſinnowe-ſhronken, and nigh-dead father ſitting alone in a chimnie-corner, to enjoy ſo many goods as would ſuffice for the preferment and entertainment of many children, and in the meane while, for want of meanes, to ſuffer them to looſe their beſt daies...1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the affection of fathers to their children”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 224

Questions about chimney corners

What is chimney corners the plural of?
Chimney corners is the plural of chimney corner.

Words near chimney corners in the dictionary

  1. chimney can
  2. chimney cans
  3. chimney cap
  4. chimney caps
  5. chimney corner
  6. chimney corners
  7. chimney effect
  8. chimney effects
  9. chimney fire
  10. chimney flashing
  11. chimney flashings

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