andiron
Example Sentences
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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
With one foot on top of the andiron and a hand resting on his knee, he stood gazing into the embers.
From The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Howard, Velma Swanston
Feeling his way along the hearth he came on nothing greater than his stocking which was tied to the andiron.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
A mug of cider stood near one andiron; leaning against the other was a flat stone,—the Squire's "Simon."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
