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branding iron
noun
- a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.
Word History and Origins
Origin of branding iron1
Example Sentences
A governor who vetoed Republican bills byburning the word “VETO” onto them using a branding iron.
A felony conviction burns through the skin deeper than any white-hot branding iron.
The overwhelming relief in her face, burned into Wade's soul like a branding-iron.
The hot branding-iron was then clapped against their shoulder, and was received by a roar of rage and pain.
He stared at the letter, and certain sentences in it seemed to sear him, even as the branding-iron used on a felon might.
As the man fell to the ground, just outside the door, the branding-iron slipped from his hand.
As we started in with him, she struck me over the head with a branding iron, and I had to drop Charlie at her feet.
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