Definition of Chimbly

1. chimley [n -BLIES] - See also: chimley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimbly

chimaera
chimaeral
chimaeras
chimaeric
chimaerism
chimaerisms
chimaeroid
chimango
chimangoes
chimar
chimars
chimb
chimbley
chimbleys
chimblies
chimbly (current term)
chimbs
chime
chime in
chimed
chimelike
chimenea
chimeneas
chimer
chimera
chimeral
chimeralike
chimeraplast
chimeras
chimere

Literary usage of Chimbly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1843)
"My smoke had brought down a chimbly swaller, or a martin, or some such varmint, ... There is some natur there, but here it's all cussed rooks and chimbly ..."

2. Fun, Ancient and Modern by Charles Maurice Davies (1878)
"And I puta my head up the chimbly to let the smoke off. And it felt good, I promise yon. I don't know as ever I enjoyed one half so much before. ..."

3. The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West by Baynard Rush Hall (1843)
"And she know'd the varmint wasn't going to rest till he klim down the inside of the chimbly; and then she'd nave to put out and maybe lose all her fat! ..."

4. North Country Poets: Poems and Biographies of Natives Or Residents of by William Andrews (1888)
"... up th' chimbly ; " So owd Neddy says—" Dang it, owd Bodle, goo up, An' I'll gi' thee a quart o' good ale for to sup, O' good ale—O, three-penny ale ! ..."

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