Definition of Ironhanded

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironhanded

iron vitriol
ironable
ironbark
ironbark tree
ironbarks
ironbound
ironclad
ironclads
irone
ironed
ironed out
ironer
ironers
irones
ironfisted
ironhanded (current term)
ironheads
ironhearted
ironic
ironic cool
ironical
ironically
ironicalness
ironicalnesses
ironick
ironier
ironies
ironiest
ironing
ironing basket

Literary usage of Ironhanded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"Right ceases to reign, force asserts itself, and Bismarck, ironhanded, invincible, holds sway over a scared, unresisting, one may say a soulless world. ..."

2. A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes by Henry Sampson (1875)
"... but ironhanded justice. Most people can recollect the hideous glass pillars or " indicators " which, for advertising purposes, were stuck about London. ..."

3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"Right ceases to reign, force asserts itself, and Bismarck, ironhanded, invincible, holds sway over a scared, unresisting, one may say a soulless world. ..."

4. A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times: Illustrated by Anecdotes by Henry Sampson (1875)
"... but ironhanded justice. Most people can recollect the hideous glass pillars or " indicators " which, for advertising purposes, were stuck about London. ..."

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