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Firesides

[fahyuhr-sahyd]

fire·side

[fahyuhr-sahyd]
noun
1.
Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
3.
home or family life.
adjective
4.
informal and friendly in manner: The politician's fireside manner helped her win votes.

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Firesides is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1555–65; fire + side1
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