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单词 iron virgin
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iron virgin
iron virgin n. [after German eiserne Jungfer (see iron maiden n.)] = iron maiden n.
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1837 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 193/1 A recorded account of a new iron virgin having been constructed at Nuremberg in the year 1533.
1893 B. Stoker Squaw in Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 2 Dec. 24/3 When we got back to the chamber we found Hutcheson still opposite the Iron Virgin.
2004 J. I. Abecassis Albert Cohen v. 130 She explains that the iron virgin was in fact an instrument of torture.
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