Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the two vertical sides of a fireplace-opening.
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Examples
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Zenas, crouched by the chimney-jamb, roasting chestnuts and
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
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In answer to the call a door opened beyond the chimney-jamb, and immediately the gentle twig-tapping sounds resolved themselves into the clickings of a pair of telegraph relays and the chatter of a typewriter.
The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush Francis Lynde 1893
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The missile, striking the brick chimney-jamb behind her, crashed and fell shivering into fragments on the hearth.
Southern Lights and Shadows William Dean Howells 1878
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But they are unluckily what the quarrier would term rubbly, -- traversed by an infinity of cracks and fissures; and it is rare indeed to find a continuous mass out of which a chimney-jamb or lintel could be fashioned.
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[_He puts bag on table and goes over and leans against the chimney-jamb.
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays Lady Gregory 1897
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I'll sprinkle ye fust wid camomile an 'witch-hazel dat I keep up on de chimney-jamb. "
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877
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