Andirons Sentence Examples

Andirons, also known as fire dogs, are often decorated with a canine motif.

My furniture, part of which I made myself--and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered an account--consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking-glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andirons, a kettle, a skillet, and a frying-pan, a dipper, a wash-bowl, two knives and forks, three plates, one cup, one spoon, a jug for oil, a jug for molasses, and a japanned lamp.

We have no fireplace in our home, but own several andirons due to my husband's interest in collecting antiques.