mandrin

mandrin [măn′drĭn] n.

A stiff wire or stylet inserted into a soft catheter to give it shape and firmness while passing through a hollow tubular structure.mandrel

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Mandrin was the son of a peasant in Dauphiny who dealt in cattle.

Edmund Fillingham King

They should not carry off everything from the Mandrin pharmacy!

Dorothy Canfield

As he left, he said, “Personally I have not the faintest idea they will penetrate as far as Mandrin—not the faintest!”

Dorothy Canfield

Two German soldiers were throwing down hay from the gable end of the Mandrin livery-stable which overlooked the wall.

Dorothy Canfield

Mandrin, with those that survived of his little party, were carried prisoners to Valence in Dauphiny.

Edmund Fillingham King