tin-pan

[ tin-pan ]

adjective

1. harsh, tinny, or clanging; noisy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tin-pan¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Tin Pan Alley composers plugged their songs there, most famously “Daisy Bell,” with its lyric about “a bicycle built for two.”

From The Daily Beast

That was how Tin Pan Alley worked: Songwriters recorded demos for their publishers, who fed them to specific performers.

From The Daily Beast

He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.

From Project Gutenberg

Within, on the narrow stool, I find a tin pan filled with a dark-brown mixture.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a box in back of the pen, filled with soft grass and straw, and a tin pan filled with fresh water.

From Project Gutenberg

A straining voice in the sitting-room and the tin-pan tones of a piano were hushed, and out upon the veranda came several women.

From Project Gutenberg

In the dooryard, a dull fire smoked in a tin pan,—a "smudge" to drive off the mosquitoes.

From Project Gutenberg