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iron horse

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iron horse
n. Informal
A railroad locomotive.
iron horse
n
(Historical Terms) Archaic a steam-driven railway locomotive
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Noun1.iron horseiron horse - (c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive
locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive, engine - a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks


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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.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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