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Iron Horse

(The). The railway locomotive.

“We can now drive the iron horse from India down the valley of the Irrawaddy, and (vid Moulmein) to the very gates of China, without any political impediment.” —Mr. Hallet, Dec., 1885.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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