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IRON HORSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(c. 1840) an early term for a locomotive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("iron horse" is a kind of...):
engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)