Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dealer in or manufacturer of iron.
- noun A coal-cutting machine.
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Examples
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Mr Lahey the iron-man 1 game sucked, this looks about the same but with warmachine.
IRON MAN 2 War Machine Video Game Trailer – Collider.com 2010
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I couldn't see any of the other actors on the list being able to pit against the iron-man.
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His iron-man work ethic has produced more than 80 films since 1991, ranging from serialized crime dramas to fiendishly sophisticated entertainment for children, costume Westerns to contemporary folk tales.
Extremes on Screen Steve Dollar 2011
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•Brett Favre: The Cal Ripken of pro football continued his mind-boggling iron-man streak of consecutive games, leading the Green Bay Packers to four division titles and the 2007 NFC title game and then taking the Minnesota Vikings within one game of the Super Bowl in 2009.
3 Super Bowls lift Tom Brady past Manning as QB of decade 2010
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JeepFu on Jun 23, 2008 as always, heroes are only as powerful and cool as their counterparts … the villains. so i believe it is best to hold one's opinion until the bad guys are revealed as well. this is why i didn't like iron-man much … because the villain was just stupid and weak in which he didn't provoke the writers and director to push iron-man to his limits.
Did Jon Favreau Just Reveal The Avengers Line-Up? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Not only were they without Parker and Ginobili, they opened the game with iron-man Bruce Bowen on the bench.
USATODAY.com 2008
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They say players know immediately when an injury is a bad one and Terry, whose iron-man reputation is built on his willingness to play through almost any discomfort, admitted that he had feared the worst.
John Terry fit for Chelsea's Wembley final and England World Cup bid 2010
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When you play an entire season with someone like that, he's our iron-man, our leader and we never had to go without him.
USATODAY.com 2008
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His 884-game iron-man streak was snapped, not by an injury, but by a contract dispute.
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010-2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Can you imagine not only would the movie include great individual superheroes like spiderman n especially iron-man and captain america, it also also include alot of characters from the X-Men series, Storm for example, as well.
Did Jon Favreau Just Reveal The Avengers Line-Up? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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