Fire-side

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of fireside. alt-of, archaic

    "And I even question whether any tender virgin, who was accidentally and unaccountably enriched with a bantling, would save her character at parlour fire-sides and evening tea-parties, by ascribing the phenomenon to a swan, a shower of gold, or a river god."

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hearthancestral hallschimneychimney cornerfamily homesteadfender

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"Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!"

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