Chimbley

A form of the word chimney, used in “mine oddity” the Minecraft parity song of David Bowie’s “space oddity”. The dialect stems from the character Lenny from “Of Mice and Men” who says “fambily” instead of family.

Take your chimbley pills and put your chimbley on.

Chimbley by Chimbley Steve May 9, 2019

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Chimbley

1. An alternate pronunciation of the word 'chimney'.
2. Part of a wonderful Decemberists song titled The Chimbley Sweep.

1. Lucille smokes like a chimbley.
2. For I am a poor and a wretched boy, a chimbley chimbley sweep.

Chimbley by Ktee August 25, 2005

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Chimbley

Chimbley is a colloquialism for chimney especially in Maine

They must be home the smoke is coming out of their chimbley.

Chimbley by rjoy September 28, 2005

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Chimbley

An expression meaning chimney from the Black Country in central England which has it's own version of English which is virtually a language of it's own. Thus:

"If yow doh get that chimbley clayned by a chimbley swayp it's gunna catch alight"

Which translates as:

"If you don't get that chimney cleaned by a chimney sweep it's going to catch fire'

Chimbley by big boy chris May 21, 2011