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
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
He hit it against the andiron to knock the ashes off, and plunged it into the mixture.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)
Carl knocked his pipe empty on the knob of an andiron, sank deeper into his chair, and began to speak slowly.
From The Plastic Age by Marks, Percy
