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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An early 17th-century andiron in the Jamestown collection.
From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.
Joey stared at the andiron with its tell-tale stain.
From The Prophetic Camera by McGreevey, John
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.