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Iron Horse (The)

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The railway locomotive.

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

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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