Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimbly
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 ! ..."
Other Resources:
