chimbly

Fus 'he go sorter slow, en he grin lak he feel good; den he go sorter peart, en he grin lak he feel bad; den he go mo' pearter, en he grin lak he skeerd; den he strack de slick part, en, gentermens! he swaller de grin en fetch a howl dat moughter bin yeard a mile, en he hit de water lak a chimbly a-fallin '.

Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880

Fus 'he go sorter slow, en he grin lak he feel good; den he go sorter peart, en he grin lak he feel bad; den he go mo' pearter, en he grin lak he skeerd; den he strack de slick part, en, gentermens! he swaller de grin en fetch a howl dat moughter bin yeard a mile, en he hit de water lak a chimbly a-fallin '.

Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Fus 'he go sorter slow, en he grin lak he feel good; den he go sorter peart, en he grin lak he feel bad; den he go mo' pearter, en he grin lak he skeerd; den he strack de slick part, en, gentermens! he swaller de grin en fetch a howl dat moughter bin yeard a mile, en he hit de water lak a chimbly a-fallin '.

Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Come, come, I _know_ ye've forgot that ole bugger-man that stays up th 'chimbly' n 'ketches bad gals!

Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878

A man who "stuck a nail in his foot" was told by a neighbor to pull it out, grease it, and hang it up in the "chimbly," otherwise he might have lockjaw.

Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873

He felt like when he looked up in the sky and saw the stars, or a bird on a telephone wire or chimbly with its feathers blowing.

Blaze Bachman, Richard 2007

She was leaning over, with part of her upper deck above water, and you could see every little chimbly-guy clean and clear, and a chair by the big bell, with an old slouch hat hanging on the back of it, when the flashes come.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

Well, when it uz a little pas midnight, as I reckoned, en I had come fifteen or twenty mile, I see de lights o 'a steamboat layin' at de bank, whah dey warn't no town en no woodyard, en putty soon I ketched de shape o 'de chimbly tops ag'in' de stars, en den good gracious me,

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

Evvy hut had a entry in de middle, and a mud chimbly at each end.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Marse Robert and his fambly lived in a log and plank house with a rock chimbly.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration