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- noun Plural form of
chimney-breast .
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Examples
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Of all the persons whom I later interrogated, very few had felt any fear while the shaking lasted, although many had had a "turn," as they realized their narrow escapes from bookcases or bricks from chimney-breasts falling on their beds and pillows an instant after they had left them.
Memories and Studies William James 1876
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Queen, Sully, and Henri IV. are still on the lower part of the chimney-breasts.
The Kensington District The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868
hernesheir commented on the word chimney-breasts
Smokin' hot, while they last.
September 24, 2011