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单词 box iron
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box iron


noun

a flatiron that is heated by inserting live coals or a piece of hot metal in its boxlike holder.

Origin of box iron

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby box iron

box huckleberry, boxing, Boxing Day, boxing glove, boxing ring, box iron, box jellyfish, box junction, box keel, box kite, box lacrosse
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Example sentences from the Web for box iron

  • When it has absorbed the steam, and while wet, iron it with a box-iron.

    Beeton's Book of Needlework|Isabella Beeton
  • Thinking of her future absence, mother turned away and cried; and the box-iron singed the blanket.

    Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore
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