How to pronounce firedog

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What firedog means

noun

A metal stand that holds logs up in a fireplace

In a sentence: Dad laid the logs across the iron firedogs before he lit the fire.

Where it comes from: It is made from the words fire and dog. No one is sure why these stands were named after dogs.

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