She tried tugging on a tall, ornate sphinx-shaped andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
The King lay dead by the andiron, his opened mouth pooled in blood. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Grace was bearing down on the left andiron, shoving it toward the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
He'd managed to grab an andiron by its coolest point and he waved it around. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
He turned and bent down and carefully placed the andiron back in the fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [KILLING COUSINS] Reference
He was looking at the elevated portions of the andiron which were invisible to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
Some persons calls them andy irons (andiron) but I sticks to my raisin 'and say fire-dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference
In frustration he dashed the con - tents into the fire, then smashed the cup on the andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Flint the King]
Master, and which stood as the andiron, now so immensely enlarged, was beginning again to speak. From Wordnik.com. [The Sleuth of St. James's Square] Reference
She watched him commune with the stone for a few moments, then examined the andiron more closely. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
A mug of cider stood near one andiron; leaning against the other was a flat stone, -- the Squire's "Simon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Piki stone and primitive andiron in Shumopavi 176 71. From Wordnik.com. [Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
One of them broke open mother's work-box with an andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation life before emancipation,] Reference
An andiron, a wash-tub, is the result of an idea that did not exist before. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Speeches] Reference
"Let us return his fire, Hugh," said the person whom he addressed, composedly lifting the andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Fanshawe] Reference
With one foot on top of the andiron and a hand resting on his knee, he stood gazing into the embers. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Nils] Reference
The dropping of a charred ember from andiron to hearth made the panic-stricken man jump convulsively. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play] Reference
I know nothing of the chloroform; I never touched the andiron; I never saw Gen'l Darrington but once. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mercy of Tiberius] Reference
Last evening, after my darlings were asleep, and my husband gone out, I went down and sat on the andiron, as. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.] Reference
Feeling his way along the hearth he came on nothing greater than his stocking which was tied to the andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Chimney-Pot Papers] Reference
Moodily he stood there, one hand on the high mantel shelf, one foot upon an andiron, his eyes upon the flames. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Martin's Summer] Reference
She rotated; the andiron stayed stuck. From Wordnik.com. [Sonnet of the Sphinx] Reference
The yen is about as buoyant as an andiron. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
Steel andiron-same as a fire-dog back home. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
Oh, if I only had a brass andiron-knob again!. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Books Inside-Out for Boys] Reference
"He struck me with the andiron, and broke my wrist here -- then before. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mercy of Tiberius] Reference
17th-century andiron recovered is attractively decorated with a cherub's head in relief. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
It was his brass andiron knob!. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3.] Reference
Salina occupied the other andiron. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Piki stone and primitive andiron in. From Wordnik.com. [Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Jennie fell on andiron and burnt her face. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864,] Reference
Darrington, by striking him with a brass andiron. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mercy of Tiberius] Reference
Their andiron is right in time for the holidays. From Wordnik.com. [TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends] Reference
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