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ironer|ˈaɪənə(r)|
[f. iron v. + -er1.]
1. One who irons; spec. one whose occupation it is to iron clothes, etc.: see iron v. 3.
1773South Carolina Gaz. 26 July, To be sold{ddd}a complete Washer and Ironer, and remarkable for doing up Ladies fine Cloaths. 1820Barbados Mercury & Bridge-Town Gaz. 16 Sept. 4/3 (Advt.), Also for sale, a family of Negroes, consisting of a woman, a complete washer and ironer, [etc.]. 1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan viii. 179 Washers, ironers, and doers-up of fine linen. 1883C. J. Wills Mod. Persia 191 The ūtūkash, or ironer, is employed to ornamentally iron the dresses of the lower orders.
2. nonce-use. A man of iron: cf. iron-man 1 a.
1880G. Meredith Tragic Com. (1881) 121 The old Ironer! I love him for his love of common sense, his contempt of mean deceit. |