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
Ashes, as fresh as if the fire had just been extinguished, were found in the chimney-place, with pieces of an andiron, iron pot, and other articles.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
Feeling his way along the hearth he came on nothing greater than his stocking which was tied to the andiron.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Endell, Fritz August Gottfried
The daughter took her foot from the andiron; her eyes lighted up aggressively.
From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
