tinware
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tinware
Example Sentences
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As a traveling drummer in tinware, he saved $8,000 in commissions by the time he reached 30.
From Time Magazine Archive
His ship, 16 days out of New York, was crammed with machines, parts, motors, industrial tools, tinware, reinforcing bars, steel beams, yarn, toys, dental equipment, books, refrigerators full of penicillin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bronson Alcott hit the road with tinware and almanacs instead of going to Yale.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of his customers was Dimestore Pioneer Frank W. Woolworth, to whom Kresge sold a sizable order of tinware.
From Time Magazine Archive
The wagon was evidently hung with a large supply of tinware and the like, but all under the canvas cover.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Grace Brooks Hill
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