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inglenooks

inglenooks is the plural of inglenook.

Meaning of inglenook

Noun

inglenook (plural inglenooks)

  1. (historical) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.
    • I ſat me in the ingle nook, / And joked wi my luver, / But a' the jokes that I cou'd crack, / The deel a ane could muve her.1797 May, E. S. J., “A Song”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym; Edward Cave], editor, The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume LXVII, part I, number V, London: […] John Nichols, […]...

Forms of inglenooks

alternative formingle nooks
alternative formingle-nooks

Questions about inglenooks

What is inglenooks the plural of?
Inglenooks is the plural of inglenook.

Words near inglenooks in the dictionary

  1. Inglefield
  2. Inglefield clip
  3. Inglefield clips
  4. Inglefields
  5. inglenook
  6. inglenooks
  7. ingles
  8. Inglese
  9. Ingleses
  10. ingleside
  11. Ingleston

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