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chimney cowl

chimney cowl

A revolving metal ventilator over a flue which induces updrafts and prevents downdrafts; a chimney cap, 2.
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Mr White said he was thinking about a chimney cowl.
They were to find at least ten shapes and record them, for example a padlock on a student's locker, a keyhole, a chimney cowl, a crumpled bit of waste paper, the space seen at the end of a corridor with an open door protruding into it, or an electric plug all presented as shapes with no interior detail.
What kind of a name was Pulled at 4 Pins for a chimney cowl? Even the names slipped off the things.
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