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
The derivation of Fr. landier, andiron, is unknown, but the iron of the English word is due to folk-etymology.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Tom got out his chiefest jewel, a brass knob from the top of an andiron, and passed it around her so that she could see it, and said: "Please, Becky, won't you take it?"
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. by Twain, Mark
Joey stared at the andiron with its tell-tale stain.
From The Prophetic Camera by McGreevey, John
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
