chimneyful

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noun

The amount that fits in a chimney

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Meanings

nounchimneyful (plural chimneyfuls)

plural chimneyfuls

  1. The amount that fits in a chimney

    He put the sticks on the fire, and fetched more, till they had a good crackling chimneyful of blaze. The rippling running yellow flame made them both happy, warmed their faces and their souls.

    1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC

Origin

From chimney + -ful.

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