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andiron

[and-ahy-ern] / ˈændˌaɪ ərn /
NOUN
metal fireplace support
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She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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.

The dog stretched himself before one andiron; the cat squat down before the other.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various

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