Meaning of iron horse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A railroad steam locomotive.
2. A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
3. A motorcycle.
   informal
4. A velocipede; a bicycle.
   dated, humorous

Examples

“Run⟳ beside your iron⟳ horse, leading it, as it were, with your hand, so as to familiarize yourself with its movements : this will be an affair of a few minutes merely.”

“The rapid extension of the masses of bricks and mortar which constitute our enormous cities, makes it difficult to reach⟳ green fields or breathe⟳ fresh air by the use⟳ of the means of locomotion given to us by nature, but the happy possessor of a tricycle or bicycle, independent of distance, spins off on his iron⟳ horse, soon to reach⟳ green fields and pastures new.”

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