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n.
the iroor twisted wire spike on the collar of a dog harness to which a string of ribbons, pompoms, or other decoration may be attached. [See picture at sled dog.]
Quotations
1934
ells jangled as the dogs proudly tossed their massive heads and shook their beribboned standing-irons in the gusty breeze.
1956
Hitched tandem-wise to a high-curled toboggan, they were elegant in their standing irons, pompoms, and ribbons.