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well-ironed

  • a word derived from iron.
    iron
    noun
    a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.

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I look more put together; the effect is roughly the same as if I’d combed my hair or put on a well-ironed shirt.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2013

Father opened our trunk and got out some clean, well-ironed shirts—some of White Deer’s masterpieces.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

A number of his teeth will be blackened out during the whole of his European tour, and his hair will be kept well-ironed and cropped short.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various

This time it was the gray waistcoat, the well-ironed shirt and collar, English scarf, and the blackthorn stick which he carried balanced in the hollow of his arm.

From Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith

At this time Basilio now wore shoes and a clean and well-ironed camisa.

From The Reign of Greed by Charles E. Derbyshire