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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The dog stretched himself before one andiron; the cat squat down before the other.
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
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.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.