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andiron

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

She falls, strikes her head against a fraternity andiron.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joey stared at the andiron with its tell-tale stain.

From The Prophetic Camera by McGreevey, John

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

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.



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