andiron
Example Sentences
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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
Chilian Leverett sat for a long while with the letter in his hand, until the log broke in the middle and one end fell over the andiron.
From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
On the charred lacework of the floor lay the leg of an old andiron with which Boaz Negro and his Angelina had set up housekeeping in that new house.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
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
