Blast from the Past: Can You Name These 20 Forgotten Retro Household Items?
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Before electric steam irons existed, what heavy object was filled with hot embers to iron clothes?
Explanation
A charcoal iron (or coal iron) was a hollow, heavy metal iron that was packed with red-hot charcoals or burning embers inside to heat up the base plate, allowing clothes to be pressed before the advent of safe domestic electricity.