sad iron
Heavy laundry tool
A sad iron is a heavy flat iron for pressing clothes, heated on a stove or fire before use.
The word sad here preserves an old sense meaning solid or heavy, not sorrowful.
These irons were standard household tools before electric irons: She kept two sad irons heating while she worked through the laundry.
- flatironHeated garment presser
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- laundry dayScheduled clothes-cleaning time
- stoveKitchen heating appliance
heat · wrinkles · wrinkle free · linen · cotton · smoothing · handle · heavy · trivet · steam · crisp · collar · cuffs · domestic · housework · household chores · old fashioned · antique
heating technology
sad ironelectric iron
Heated garment-pressing tool
steam iron · cordless iron · travel iron · garment steamer · steam press
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