"firesides" in the noun sense
1. hearth, fireside
an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room
"they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
2. hearth, fireside
home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
"driven from hearth and home"
"fighting in defense of their firesides"
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