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iron cage

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Noun1.iron cageiron cage - a cage from which there is no escape
cage - something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement


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Fouquet; monsieur, who has caused the iron cage to be constructed for his patron of yesterday - has sent M.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Fastened by chains to the mainmast were a number of grisly staghounds, who now began leaping and barking at me, and by the mizzen a huge puma was cramped in a little iron cage far too small even to give it turning room.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
THE orang-outang in the big iron cage lashed to the sheep-pen began the discussion.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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