- present participle of iron.
ironing
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But training them to safely perform household tasks like ironing or stacking the dishwasher is proving difficult and costly.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
They have complicated relationships, but there’s nothing better for ironing things out than creeping together through dark tunnels by flashlight, hoping that nothing jumps out at you, engaging in weightless banter as you go.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Her board was also padded, which reduced damage to fabrics and helped prevent garment creases during ironing, and it was collapsible, enabling easy storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
One or the other was always pressing pants, smoothing out a tie or ironing a shirt.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
She could do washings and ironings if she could get them and do it here at home.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 by Work Projects Administration
Maria worked hard at her braiding—that was open to anybody's observation; but there were less obvious flutings and ironings down in the kitchen, and adjusting of ribbons and flowers in secret consultations up-stairs.
From What She Could by Susan Warner
She owned a little soft, white silk frock, which still looked festive and partyfied, in spite of frequent washings and not too careful ironings.
From The Carroll Girls by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Who has told of the turnings, the dyings, the ironings, the darnings, that have gone to make misses of ten pounds a-year pin-money look as smart as the squanderer of five hundred?
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Well, Sky-High," said his mistress, "I am going to give you this cabin under the trees, where you may do your washings and all your ironings.
From Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang by Hezekiah Butterworth
