iron horse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of iron horse
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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She pointed to an iron horse on an utility box, quickly adding the direction of the face and handle may someday need to be changed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
The lung, which he called his "old iron horse", allowed him to breathe.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024
I’d hop on the iron horse, the rickety A.K. delivery bike, and head up to the mid-century white-brick apartment building on Third Avenue where he lived.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 5, 2017
As fantastic as it might have seemed at the turn of the 20th century, the idea of supplanting the iron horse with the horseless carriage did catch the fancy of some intrepid men and women.
From Time • Aug. 15, 2015
The iron horse still rumbled through the tunnel when she woke.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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