iron

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iron

1. slang A firearm, especially a pistol. Make sure you bring your iron, Mark. Never know how one of these back-alley deals might go.
2. offensive slang A homosexual male. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "iron" is short for "iron hoof," which rhymes with "poof" (a slang term for a gay man). Primarily heard in UK. A: "I always suspected David was a bit of an iron." B: "Don't be a bigot, Dad."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

iron

1. n. a gun; a revolver. (Underworld.) Rocko never carries iron unless he’s going to use it.
2. n. computer hardware. (see also big iron.) What kind of iron are you people running over there?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • all oak and iron bound
  • all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
  • an iron curtain
  • an iron fist
  • an iron fist in a velvet glove
  • an iron fist in the velvet glove
  • an iron fist/hand
  • an iron hand
  • an iron hand in a velvet glove
  • bad iron
  • big iron
  • blood and iron
  • can talk the legs off an iron pot
  • cast-iron
  • cast-iron stomach
  • clap (one) in irons
  • get (something) ironed out
  • get the kinks ironed out
  • have a lot of irons in the fire
  • have many irons in the fire
  • have many, etc. irons in the fire
  • have several irons in the fire
  • have too many irons in the fire
  • in irons
  • iron
  • iron (one's) shoelaces
  • iron curtain
  • iron fist
  • iron hand
  • iron hand (in a velvet glove), to rule with an
  • iron in the fire
  • iron man
  • iron out
  • iron out the kinks
  • iron out the wrinkles
  • iron out the wrinkles (of/in something)
  • iron poof
  • iron the wrinkles out (of/in something)
  • ironclad
  • irons in the fire, lots of/too many
  • irons in the fire, too many
  • new off the irons
  • pump (some) iron
  • pump iron
  • pump some iron
  • rule someone or something with a rod of iron
  • rule with a rod of iron
  • rule with a rod of iron/with an iron hand
  • rule with an iron fist
  • rule with an iron hand
  • rule with an iron hand/rod, to
  • rule with an iron rod
  • several irons in the fire
  • shooting iron
  • sound as a barrel
  • strike while the iron is hot
  • strike while the iron is hot, to
  • strike whilst the iron is hot
  • the iron entered into someone's soul
  • the iron enters (into) (someone's) soul
  • too many irons in the fire
References in classic literature
The maid wept all night long, and said, 'I freed you in the wild wood out of the iron stove; I have sought you, and have crossed a glassy mountain, three sharp swords, and a great lake before I found you, and will you not hear me now?' The servants outside heard how she cried the whole night, and they told their master in the morning.
But the kitchen-maid wept the whole night long, and said, 'I have freed you in a wood and from an iron stove; I sought you and have crossed a glassy mountain, three sharp swords, and a great lake to find you, and now you will not hear me!' The servants outside heard how she cried the whole night, and in the morning they told their master.
When she began to weep and to say, 'Dearest sweetheart, I freed you in the horrible wild wood, and from an iron stove,' he jumped up and said, 'You are right.
Yellow Fairy Book
Undoubtedly she was executed by the Mercenaries; and, as is well known, no record of such executions was kept by the Iron Heel.
The Iron Heel
Therefore it is sealed and deposited for posting among the iron correspondence of the day.
Bleak House
On the second day Iron Hans equipped him as a white knight, and gave him a white horse.
On the third day, he received from Iron Hans a suit of black armour and a black horse, and again he caught the apple.
Fairy Tales
Tiggy-winkle ironed it, and goffered it, and shook out the frills.
Original Peter Rabbit Books
The mad leopard was on the verge of springing upon them when deflected by another prod of the iron. This time he went straight at the man, fetching up against the cage-bars with such fierceness as to shake the structure.
At the same instant the trainer spoke with sharp imperativeness and raised his whip, while the men on the outside lifted their irons and advanced them intimidatingly into the cage.
Michael Brother of Jerry
She flung wild glances, like those of an entrapped animal, up and down the big whitewashed room that panted with heat and that was thickly humid with the steam that sizzled from the damp cloth under the irons of the many ironers.
And thereafter, for a long time, the many irons rose and fell, the pace of the room in no wise diminished; while the forewoman strode the aisles with a threatening eye for incipient breakdown and hysteria.
The Valley of the Moon
Meantime the giant continued to raise his iron mallet high in the air and to strike the path terrific blows that echoed through the mountains like the roar of a cannon.
Then, before anyone thought he was ready, he made a sudden leap straight between the iron giant's legs, and before the mallet struck the ground again the Lion and Ozma were safe on the other side.
Ozma of Oz
This valuable metal possesses the whiteness of silver, the indestructibility of gold, the tenacity of iron, the fusibility of copper, the lightness of glass.
From The Earth To The Moon