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ironer

American  
[ahy-er-ner] / ˈaɪ ər nər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that irons.


Etymology

Origin of ironer

First recorded in 1775–85; iron + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Its Frigidaire Division will soon put on sale three new appliances: an automatic clothes washer at $299.75; an electric clothes dryer, $229.75; and an electric ironer, $189.75.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two or three machines—an electric ironer, for one—operated slowly and hesitantly.

From The Machine That Saved The World by Murray Leinster

Occasionally an ironer lost the stride for an instant, gasped or sighed, then caught it up again with weary determination.

From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London

It is not for nothing that I am the best ironer and the best cook on the hacienda.

From The Mexican Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins

I was signed up as press ironer, family.

From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker

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