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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