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plural andirons
(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side quotations examples
The furniture was old-fashioned and massive. The great brass andirons on the wide hearth stood like sentinels proclaiming and guarding the dignity of the family. The spreading antlers on the wall testified to a mighty hunter in some past generation.
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter 7, in The House Behind the Cedars
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