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
God never meant anything to be idle,—not even a brass andiron.
From Sunshine Jane by Warner, Anne
"That's strange," muttered Goody Brown, as she sat before the buried fire with a foot planted on each andiron, meditating on the conversation she had just held.
From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
The dog stretched himself before one andiron; the cat squat down before the other.
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
