climbing irons
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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With the help of climbing irons and a plumber's friend, one of his fixated antiheroes tries to climb it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The H-H passenger rides high above smog and speed limits, encounters no parking problems, and gets farther from the madding crowd than a hyperthyroid hermit with climbing irons.
From Time Magazine Archive
And just then, Sam, who had been watching the telephone lines beside the road as he drove, pulled off the road and put on his climbing irons.
From Sam, This is You by Murray Leinster
His friend settled to his satisfaction, Hunt buckled on the climbing irons, and crossing the road, proceeded to climb a telegraph pole which stood opposite the lane.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Freeman Wills Crofts
"We could bring back lamps to carry and climbing irons, and a hundred necessary things."
From The First Men in the Moon by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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