Which preposition to use with chestnut

in Occurrences 26%

Chestnuts in the ashes Bursting through the rind; Red leaf and gold leaf Rustling down the wind; Mother "doin' peaches" All the afternoon, Don't you think that autumn's Pleasanter than June?

on Occurrences 11%

The compound in the jug being tasted and considered perfect, apples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.

with Occurrences 8%

It is rather a golden chestnut with a regular metallic sheen as of burnished metal, showing more especially on the head and face and everywhere where the hair is short.

out Occurrences 8%

Besought and entreated, the British, who no doubt approved of Italy's move from the first, declined to pull Turco-German chestnuts out of the fire.

of Occurrences 6%

The doctor's horses knew every road that led home, and trotted on without any guidance or word from himthey were a fine team of glossy chestnuts of whom the young doctor was extremely proud.

at Occurrences 5%

" They rushed down the stairs, scattering a group of small boys who were roasting chestnuts at the gas-jet in the passage, and on through the box-room, but only to find the door on the other side standing wide open, and the gymnasium itself silent and desertedtwo empty water-cans, lying in a big pool of wet on the cement floor, being the only remaining traces of the recent outrage.

for Occurrences 4%

Boil the chestnuts for half an hour.

from Occurrences 4%

The apricot came from Armenia, the pistachio-nuts and plums from Syria, the peach and nut from Persia, the cherry from Cerasus, the lemon from Media, the filbert from the Hellespont, and chestnuts from Castana, a town of Magnesia.

into Occurrences 2%

That morning a shell had hit the chestnut-tree in the garden of his neighbor, at No. 12, and had knocked all the chestnuts into the garden of the consulate.

as Occurrences 2%

Prepare the chestnuts as in the foregoing recipe, by scalding and peeling them; put them in a stewpan with the stock and sugar, and simmer them till tender.

to Occurrences 2%

"Leave the chestnut to me!"

without Occurrences 1%

We boys sat as close to the brazier as we could, for the wet cold struck up from the flags, and besides that, we were so far from the clergyman, and so well screened by the oak backs, that we could bake an apple or roast a chestnut without much fear of being caught.

by Occurrences 1%

" "I can tell a chestnut by its bark nowadays," asserted Ethel Blue, "because it hasn't any!"

like Occurrences 1%

Off goes the grey and the chestnut like a streak the first crack out of the box, but we got ahead of the mares and turned 'em.

than Occurrences 1%

It affected Marianne like the resignation of a man; indeed there was more personality in the chestnut than in many human beings.

towards Occurrences 1%

As he set forth on that Saturday morning, riding his spirited chestnut towards Chambéry, with the sun shining and the birds singing, and all his future like a fair vision before him, young Bayard thought that he was in paradise.

under Occurrences 1%

Her children, Angelo and Gigi, are roasting chestnuts under the window outside.

across Occurrences 1%

They come to a big chestnut across the road from our house, more than a hundred of them at once, and they creak and crackle and squeak till all of a sudden down they go on the ground, and walk about awhile to feed.

Which preposition to use with  chestnut