Meanings
plural ironing-boards
- datedDated form of ironing board.
She has bought most of her furniture from auctions, a television set, curtains and even linen, not to mention numerous pots, pans, glassware and an ironing-board.
1981 February 12, “Auction Sense”, in Stockport Advertiser, number 8,318, Stockport, page 4, column 12 more examples
The ſcene opened with M. le Texier as an old woman, ſitting at her ironing-board folding up napkins, waiting with impatience the return of her ſon [?], who is a thoughtleſs young man.
1802 April 7, “The Dillettanti Theatre”, in The Times, number 5384, London, page [3], column 2The solid table on which stood the sewing-machine was also useful for cutting out and dressmaking, and the ironing-board and the iron stood ready for instant use.
1990, Rosamunde Pilcher, September, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 324
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