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Irons

//ˈaɪ.ənz// name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    West Ham United F.C. (a football club based in London).
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of iron form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Shackles. dated, plural, plural-only

    "He’s been clapped in irons!"

  3. 3
    metal shackles; for hands or legs wordnet
  4. 4
    A lack of forward motion. plural, plural-only

    "Alice steered the boat into the wind, so we were stuck in irons."

  5. 5
    The stirrups. plural, plural-only
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of iron form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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