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Edmund II., King of the Anglo-Saxons, was so called, from his iron armour. (989, 1016–1017.)
Nestor Ironside. Sir Richard Steele, who assumed the name in The Guardian. (1671–1729.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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