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
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
"That's strange," muttered Goody Brown, as she sat before the buried fire with a foot planted on each andiron, meditating on the conversation she had just held.
From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
