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Meanings of iron-bound in English

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Usage of iron-bound in English
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It is vanity, of an iron-bound kind, that makes the wandering fakir.
Told in the East
2
It was adjusted to crack an egg-shell or smash an iron-bound trunk.
Their Pilgrimage
3
And she reports having seen a chest, iron-bound, among the other stuff.
Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
4
He envisioned a militant reformer, an iron-bound Calvinist, remodelling the world single-handed.
Gladiator
5
Not in bars this time, but done up in iron-bound chests.
The Doings of Raffles Haw
6
The soldiers pushed her out, and the collectors threw the iron-bound doors together.
Mohammed Ali and His House
7
The current has washed a deeper channel under the iron-bound timbers.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
8
I shall write you about iron-bound casks in a few days.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 1.
9
Soon, as on the preceding day, he disappeared up the ragged, iron-bound shore.
The Rainbow Trail
10
Next to them on the floor rested two iron-bound wooden trunks.
The Tangle Box
11
It had arrow-slits instead of windows, and a heavy, iron-bound door.
The great hunt
12
They were iron-bound, copper-fastened tourists, thoroughly equipped-Alpine-stock and all,-andequal to any emergency.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
13
It was said gently but was an iron-bound order nonetheless.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
14
They punched and pounded and at last smashed the iron-bound timbers and rushed in.
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
15
To one side of the main gates, a small, iron-bound door swung open soundlessly.
Ilse Witch
16
What we couldn't go through was the iron-bound social convention that set her apart.
Ghost Story
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