Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chimbley

/ˈt͡ʃɪmbli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chim-b-ley
IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪmbli/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of chimney.

British usage

Example Sentences

"My gun? — up stairs. What d'ye want with the gun? Cook. Oh laws, sir? if it was to be shot off up the chimbley, it would surely put it out."
"He was, as usual, gittin' an wid his nonsinse an' baldherdash about the fairies, [...] whin an ould woman called Mary Hogan wid a long blue cloak about her, that was sittin' in the chimbly corner smokin' her pipe widout takin' the laste share in the conversation, tuk the pipe out o' her mouth, an' threw the ashes out o' it, an' spit in the fire, an' turnin' round, luked Failey straight in the face. "An' so you don't b'lieve there's sich things as Leprechauns, don't ye?" sed she."
"Golden lad and chimbley sweep Die; and so their song shall keep."

Etymology

By dissimilation of mn to ml, followed by epenthesis of b

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

chimbleys (plural) chimley (alternative) chimbly (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce chimbley?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃɪmbli/.
What does chimbley mean?: Alternative form of chimney.
Where does chimbley come from?: By dissimilation of mn to ml, followed by epenthesis of b

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