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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
White, well-ironed, all sheen and sweetness, that linen looks when it leaves our hands; But they little think of the sodden squalor that marks the den where the laundress stands.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 20, 1891 by Various
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
In her new straw hat and clean, well-ironed gingham she looked decidedly well.
From Dixie Hart by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
