Definition of Ironings

1. Noun. (plural of ironing) ¹

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Definition of Ironings

1. ironing [n] - See also: ironing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironings

ironic
ironic cool
ironical
ironically
ironicalness
ironicalnesses
ironick
ironier
ironies
ironiest
ironing
ironing basket
ironing board
ironing boards
ironingroom
ironings (current term)
ironise
ironised
ironiser
ironises
ironish
ironising
ironism
ironist
ironists
ironize
ironized
ironizes
ironizing
ironlike

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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