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Ironclad

[adj. ahy-ern-klad; n. ahy-ern-klad] Origin

i·ron·clad

[adj. ahy-ern-klad; n. ahy-ern-klad]
adjective
1.
covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
2.
very rigid or exacting; inflexible; unbreakable: an ironclad contract.
noun
3.
a wooden warship of the middle or late 19th century having iron or steel armor plating.

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So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1850–55; iron + clad1
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ironclad
 
adj
1.  covered or protected with iron: an ironclad warship
2.  inflexible; rigid: an ironclad rule
3.  not able to be assailed or contradicted: an ironclad argument
 
n
4.  a large wooden 19th-century warship with armoured plating

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ironclad
(adj.) of warships, 1852, Amer.Eng., from iron + clad. As a noun meaning "iron-clad ship," it is attested from 1862). Of contracts, etc., 1884.
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