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chimney-piece

noun

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  1. Alternative form of chimneypiece.

    • Went to visit our good neighbor, Mr. Bohun, whose whole house is a cabinet of all elegancies, especially Indian; […] [A]bove all, his lady's cabinet is adorn'd on the fret, cieling, and chimney-piece with Mr. Gibbons's best carving.
    • As you say, we passengers are to be taxed to pay all these fineries. I have often seen a good sideboard, or a marble chimney-piece, though not actually put in the bill, inflame a reckoning confoundedly.

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