andiron
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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
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She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Joey stared at the andiron with its tell-tale stain.
From The Prophetic Camera by McGreevey, John
The dog stretched himself before one andiron; the cat squat down before the other.
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.