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iron horse n
(Historical Terms) Archaic a steam-driven railway locomotive ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Then he gave the youth the following instructions how to overcome the Dragon of the North: 'You must have an iron horse cast, which must have little wheels under each foot. It will be a strange sight to see an iron horse puffing through the primeval jungles of the stone age, while cave bears, saber-toothed tigers, mastodons and the countless other terrible creatures of the past look on from their tangled lairs in wide-eyed astonishment. |
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