Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An iron golf club for middle-distance shots, especially a four, five, or six iron.
- noun An iron golf club that has more loft than a driver and less than a three iron, used for longer fairway shots and long approach shots; a two iron.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A golf-club with an iron head, in form between that of a cleik and that of a mashy: used for approaching.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Golf) a long iron{5} with a nearly vertical face.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun long iron with a nearly vertical face
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Examples
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But on the 3rd hole, a slightly downhill par 3 over water, Woods blocked a midiron into the sand trap, short siding himself.
Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010
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On the left-breaking, par-five thirteenth, after a particularly frustrating midiron from the fairway, she let out what sounded like an epithet.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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But, alas, the experience of shanking etches itself into the memory, and still traumatized after I had popped the ball safely out into the fairway, I yanked a midiron left a second time, into the trees.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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But, alas, the experience of shanking etches itself into the memory, and still traumatized after I had popped the ball safely out into the fairway, I yanked a midiron left a second time, into the trees.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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On the left-breaking, par-five thirteenth, after a particularly frustrating midiron from the fairway, she let out what sounded like an epithet.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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On the left-breaking, par-five thirteenth, after a particularly frustrating midiron from the fairway, she let out what sounded like an epithet.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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On the left-breaking, par-five thirteenth, after a particularly frustrating midiron from the fairway, she let out what sounded like an epithet.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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But, alas, the experience of shanking etches itself into the memory, and still traumatized after I had popped the ball safely out into the fairway, I yanked a midiron left a second time, into the trees.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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But, alas, the experience of shanking etches itself into the memory, and still traumatized after I had popped the ball safely out into the fairway, I yanked a midiron left a second time, into the trees.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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My partner didn't want to play at first because of the weather, but I persuaded him to go round, and I beat him by two up and four to play solely by relying on the brassy and midiron.
The Shrieking Pit 1907
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