chimney
/ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ noun B2- A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
- The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
- A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
- A vagina.
- A black eye; a shiner.
Plural chimneys
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Happy chimney-corner days,
The chimney is wide, but is barred up by four large staples.
Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself “Now I can do no more, whatever happens.
Heads below!” (a loud crash)—“Now, who did that?—It was Bill, I fancy—Who’s to go down the chimney?—Nay, _I_ shan’t!
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