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  • noun The area around the fireplace in the living-room of a family house.
  • adjective Used to identify something as normally being in the area of the fireplace.
  • adjective Pertaining to an activity normal to the household, usually associated with the living-room, whether or not it has a real fireplace.

Etymologies

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hearth +‎ -side

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