chimneyful
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editchimneyful (plural chimneyfuls)
- The amount that fits in a chimney
- 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XIV, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, authorized British edition, London: Martin Secker […], published February 1932 (May 1932 printing), →OCLC:
- 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.