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A sad iron is a clothes iron that is heated on a hearth or stove. It was used in pre-electric times for pressing clothing. "Sad" is an old term that means heavy. Earlier sad irons were all one piece by after 1871 a model was patented that used a removable handle so several irons could be heating at once without having to deal with a hot handle. The irons were simply placed on top of the wood stove or on a sheet of clean metal over coals in the fireplace to heat when one needed to iron.

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