pressing iron

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The whirring of four electric sewing machines, snips from two industrial-sized scissors and the sizzle of moist fabric as steam billows from a large pressing iron.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

Alice refolded the cloth around the handle of the pressing iron.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Other appliances which will prove their value if once tried are heating pads, vibrators, heating or disk stoves, luminous radiators, sewing machines, fans, pressing iron for the sewing-room and Christmas tree outfits.

From Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use by Fowler, Arthur L.

Katzberg at this juncture again laid down his pressing iron and came forward.

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague

In response, a stout figure, clad only in an undershirt, trousers and a pair of carpet slippers, laid down a pressing iron and shuffled toward the visitors.

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague