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inglenook

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in·gle·nook  (nggl-nk)
n.
1. A nook or corner beside an open fireplace.
2. A bench, especially either of two facing benches, placed in a nook or corner beside a fireplace.
[ingle + nook.]
inglenook [ˈɪŋgəlˌnʊk]
n
Brit a corner by a fireplace; chimney corner
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inglenookinglenook - a corner by a fireplace              
chimney corner
nook, corner - an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"
Translations
inglenook [ˈɪŋglnʊk] N → rincón m de la chimenea
inglenook
n → Kaminecke f


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Priscilla, who would have had to cross the room to reach the kitchen door, lost her head, wildly plunged the chocolate cake under a cushion on the inglenook sofa, and dashed upstairs.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Finally he lit his pipe, and sitting in the inglenook of the old village inn he talked slowly and at random about his case, rather as one who thinks aloud than as one who makes a considered statement.
The Valley of Fear by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Yet no one had retired, except the children and "old Feyther Taft," who being too deaf to catch many words, had some time ago gone back to his inglenook.
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