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andiron

[and-ahy-ern] / ˈændˌaɪ ərn /
NOUN
metal fireplace support
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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

One early 17th-century andiron recovered is attractively decorated with a cherub’s head in relief.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.

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

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



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