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sweet iron

sweet iron noun: cold-rolled steel as a material used for a horse's bit.

Noun

sweet iron (uncountable)

  1. Cold-rolled steel as a material used for a horse's bit.

Origin of sweet iron

From the claim that the rust on an iron bit makes it taste sweet to the horse.

Questions about sweet iron

What does sweet iron mean?
Sweet iron means cold-rolled steel as a material used for a horse's bit.
What part of speech is sweet iron?
Sweet iron is a noun.

Words near sweet iron in the dictionary

  1. sweet hearted
  2. sweet hereafter
  3. Sweet Home
  4. sweet home Alabama
  5. sweet horsemint
  6. sweet iron
  7. sweet Jesus
  8. sweet John
  9. sweet Johns
  10. sweet Judas
  11. sweet leaf

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