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Definition of Chimbly

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chimbly

chimaeric Chimaeridae chimaerism chimaerisms Chimakum Chimaphila Chimaphila corymbosa Chimaphila umbellata chimar Chimariko

chimars chimb chimbley chimbleys chimblies chimbly (current term) Chimborazo chimbs chime chimed

chimer chimera chimera chimeral chimeraplast chimeras chimere chimeres chimeric chimeric

Literary usage of Chimbly

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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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