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iron horse

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[iron horse] {n.}, {informal} A railroad locomotive; the engine of a railroad train.

* /In its first days, the iron horse frightened many people as it roared across country scattering sparks./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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