ironbound
Adjective
Meaning
Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast.
Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions.
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He had doubted too long. His concept of the society had become ironbound. It was almost impossible for him to believe that there were others like him. And, after the first shock had diminished, all the dogma of his long years alone had asserted itself.
His graphics are now on fliers of the nonprofit Ironbound Community Corporation advocating rent cancellations and tenant rights.
Those numbers in the Ironbound and in two other zip codes in the city prompted Mayor Ras Baraka to impose a 9 p.m. curfew two weeks ago in those areas.