andiron
Example Sentences
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On display in Manhattan's Robinson Galleries last week went a Wheelock retrospective show that started with the dachshund andiron, ended in 1940 with a crisp, stylized figure of Washington at Valley Forge.
From Time Magazine Archive
She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stayed down stairs, and, to kind o' break up my sorrer, I chucked my head aginst the knob that was atop o' the andiron!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
One early 17th-century andiron recovered is attractively decorated with a cherub’s head in relief.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.
Chilian Leverett sat for a long while with the letter in his hand, until the log broke in the middle and one end fell over the andiron.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
