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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

It is a great pity," said the sermonizer, looking at the face of Clotilde, elongated in the brass andiron; and, after a pause: "Nothing on earth can take the place of hard and patient labor.

From The Grandissimes by George Washington Cable

Bessie, as she afterwards declared, was almost ready to faint at this announcement, but on turning to look she saw indeed, hanging by a chain to keep the gate closed, a dumpy, rusty, cast-iron andiron.

From The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure by E. C. (Eugene Clarence) Gardner

The dog stretched himself before one andiron; the cat squat down before the other.

From The Portland Sketch Book by Various



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