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“Joshua and Ishmael flanked the chimney breast like bookends, watching and listening to the run of the voices, the smooth flow of the guitar and the light glitter of Biddy's hammer-dulcimer dancing like a child around the main flow of the melody.”
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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Words i had to look up
hermeneutics, flimflam, semi-parodic, motes, susurrations, phantasm, egregiously, monoglot, galluptious, exigency, agrimony, gibbous and 111 more...
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yarb Well, I'd guess it means the structure that surrounds the chimney itself in a living room. Made of brick or stone and usually tapering toward the ceiling. At least this makes sense of the citation, and I don't know any other term for that thing. Mar 24, 2012
Louises Still not much clue as to what this is? Mar 23, 2012
Louises As one we crashed into the chimney breast and fell, just to the right of the hearth. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan. Mar 23, 2012