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Definition of Ironings
1. ironing [n] - See also: ironing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironings
Literary usage of Ironings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"There was the stove-pipe hat of many ironings and departed styles. There was also
to be seen a total disregard of the proprieties of costume in the coarse ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The nap also had to be laid in one direction, smoothed and rendered glossy by
repeated wettings, ironings and brushings. A hat so finished was very durable ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The nan also must bo laid in one direction, smoothed, and rendered glossy by
repeated wettings, ironings, and brushings. A hat во finished is very durable, ..."
4. Graham's Magazine by Graham, George R, Edgar Allan Poe, John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1852)
"The next Sunday the young minister was as eloquent and fascinating as ever ; but
Milly glanced at his white cravat and -thought of the ironings—she glanced ..."
5. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1905)
"There was the stovepipe hat of many ironings and departed styles. There was also
to be seen a total disregard of the proprieties of costume in the coarse ..."
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