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noun.
a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft.
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noun.
a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft
Word Usage
"When we think of the middle class of the middle century, complete with muttonchop whiskers and chimneypot hats, we underrate the wild and even wicked philosophies that have passed like a wind through their heads without disturbing their hats."