chimney-corner

Definitions

Archaic form of chimney corner.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“And now the Concern⟳ which Partridge felt at being obliged to quit⟳ a warm Chimney-corner, and a Cup of excellent Liquor, was ſomewhat compenſated by hearing that he was to proceed no farther on Foot; […]”

“The Library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sybil—if Sybil she were, was seated snugly enough in an easy chair at the chimney-corner.”

“Scarcely any of the items in the above-drawn parallel occurred to Phœbe, whose country birth and residence, in truth, had left her pitifully ignorant of most of the family traditions, which lingered, like⟳ cobwebs and incrustations of smoke⟳, about the rooms and chimney-corners of the House of the Seven Gables.”

“[…] it was Angel Clare’s custom to sit⟳ in the yawning chimney-corner during the meal, his cup-and-saucer and plate being placed on a hinged flap at his elbow.”

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