andiron
Example Sentences
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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
Then he drew his chair right up in front of the fire, placed a foot on each andiron, stooped over, spread his palms over the kindly blaze, and still spoke—never a word!
From The Missing Bride by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
God never meant anything to be idle,—not even a brass andiron.
From Sunshine Jane by Warner, Anne
"Let us return his fire, Hugh," said the person whom he addressed, composedly lifting the andiron.
From Fanshawe by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
