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  • noun Alternative spelling of chimenea.

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Examples

  • It was hot as Hades now, but in a month or so, the mornings would be nippy, the afternoons warm, and the evenings really pleasant, just right for a fire in the chiminea.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • The day was turning cooler, and Wyatt decided to fire up the chiminea for its inaugural run.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • The day was turning cooler, and Wyatt decided to fire up the chiminea for its inaugural run.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • We built a fire in the chiminea and threw snowballs at each other until our mittens were soaked (then we set them on the lid of the chiminea and watched them steam.)

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

  • That night we sat on a back patio in lawn chairs around a lit chiminea sipping merlot.

    Migratory Mistakes Johnny Dantonio 2010

  • It was hot as Hades now, but in a month or so, the mornings would be nippy, the afternoons warm, and the evenings really pleasant, just right for a fire in the chiminea.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • It was hot as Hades now, but in a month or so, the mornings would be nippy, the afternoons warm, and the evenings really pleasant, just right for a fire in the chiminea.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • It's been slow going because it's tedious and Mason gets bored of it before I do, and it also the snow has been powdery instead of wet, so we sometimes have to start a fire in our chiminea and scoop up snow from around the base where it gets melted.

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010

  • The day was turning cooler, and Wyatt decided to fire up the chiminea for its inaugural run.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • I'd known Daniel was looking for a job that paid not only the occasional free DVD but also enough cold, hard cash every month to buy a mid-range clay chiminea from B&Q.

    Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup – part 20 2011

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