iron mold
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of iron mold
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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“Being able to blow glass into an iron mold and have pieces release cleanly without chipping or breaking is an art.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
Modest and mighty and tender; Man of an iron mold; Honest, fine-grained, our defender;— American-souled!
From Dreams and Days: Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons
Modest, and mighty, and tender, Man of an iron mold, Learned or unlearned, our defender, American-souled!
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons
Lived a man of iron mold, Crafty glance and hidden eye, Dead to every gain but gold, Deaf to every human sigh.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
The heavy November twilight caught them as the train roared through the Bobmin valley past hillsides stained with dead bracken—like iron mold, Jenny thought.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
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