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Definition of Mantelshelves
1. mantelshelf [n] - See also: mantelshelf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantelshelves
Literary usage of Mantelshelves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"And, being in their slumber shaken, Stools, chairs, und tables stir and jump,
From mantelshelves some objecta fall ; Some beds beneath their speakers bump ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1893)
"... whitewashed without and within, likewise the pig-styes and the garden walls,
and evergreens were stuck into every pot and pan on the high mantelshelves. ..."
3. Substitutes for the Saloon by Calkins, Raymond, Committee of Fifty for the Investigation of the Liquor Problem (1901)
"... washtubs and sink of large size, hot water supply from central boiler system,
gas fixtures and gas ranges, clothes-closets, dressers, and mantelshelves. ..."
4. A Few Memories by Mary Anderson (1896)
"However excellent an artist may be in these, he is often at sea in costume parts,
where he has no trouser pockets for his hands, no mantelshelves to pose ..."
5. Through the French Provinces by Ernest C. Peixotto (1909)
"... with their faded chintz hangings, and the wall panellings of Trianon gray,
enlivened with oval old-time paintings above the doors and mantelshelves! ..."
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