smoothing iron

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noun

a former name for iron (def. 2), iron (def. 3)

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Words nearby smoothing iron

smooth-faced, smooth fox terrier, smoothhound, smoothie, smoothing circuit, smoothing iron, smooth muscle, smooth operator, smooth over, smooth sailing, smooth-shaven

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How to use smoothing iron in a sentence

I said to the Thomas Cat, I threw in the gurgling creek, all weighted down with a smoothing iron, and a hundredweight of brick.
Uncle Walt [Walt Mason]|Walt Mason
They are used for igniting hookhas: they are also burnt inside the smoothing-iron used by washermen in order to heat it.
The Art of Travel|Francis Galton
Her stoical eyelids were lowered, and she moved with the rhythmical motion of the smoothing-iron.
The Mothers Of Honor|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
While he was whipping her, his wife heated a smoothing iron, put it on her body in various places, and burned her severely.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4|American Anti-Slavery Society

When we came to the Smoothing Iron we arranged a siege; but it was a failure because you must have at least three.
Dubliners|James Joyce