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iron horse

noun as in locomotive

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Robinson became a writer and magazine editor and in 1990 he wrote a terrific book about his boyhood hero, The Iron Horse.

Workers on the iron horse shoveled coal into a boiler, which propelled the engine and sent steam and smoke billowing into the sky.

The iron horse, as has been well said, has always stimulated industry and production beyond his power to carry it.

As the delay could not be avoided I availed myself of the "Iron Horse" and on it made brief tours to the neighboring towns.

The locomotive travelling engine, or “the iron horse,” as the people of the neighbourhood then styled it, did the rest.

With the advent of the iron horse there had, by this time, arisen a newer necessity still.

If you would better understand the iron horse, find your way to any of the great plants in which he is being built.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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