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Definition of "ingle-nook" [ingle-nook]

  • A corner by the fire. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "ingle-nook" in a sentence
  • "From behind the verandah screen which fenced the ingle-nook she heard these words!"
  • "The click of billiard-balls came from the ingle-nook — Jack Cardigan, no doubt; a faint rustling, too, from an eucalyptus-tree, startling Southerner in this old English garden."
  • "Auld Janet was established at the ingle-nook; Davie had turned the spit to his immortal honour; and even Ban and Buscar, in the liberality of"