iceman
Americannoun
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Origin of iceman
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So, is the "iceman" no longer "nice man", as he raps?
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“I’m often asked if, after 33 years of iceman research, shouldn’t everything be known?” says Zink.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
Scientists previously thought the iceman was lighter-skinned and hairier in life, but that his mummified corpse had changed over time.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023
Spindler credited the shallow stone gully where hikers found the iceman with shielding him from the relentless flow of glacial ice just a few meters above.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2022
Kids were playing ball on 122nd Street, the iceman was delivering ice, women sat in the windows watching the world go by.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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