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enamelware

American  
[ih-nam-uhl-wair] / ɪˈnæm əlˌwɛər /

noun

  1. metalware, as cooking utensils, covered with an enamel surface.


Etymology

Origin of enamelware

First recorded in 1900–05; enamel + ware 1


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Schindler persuaded German officials that the Jewish workers at his enamelware factory near Krakow should be moved to another concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, where they were needed to produce munitions.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022

This stainless-steel cocktail shaker is finished in black nickel, which makes it almost look like enamelware.

From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018

He sets out as a profiteer, buying a former Jewish business in the Kraków ghetto, and exploiting Jewish labour to make enamelware to sell to the German army.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018

As industries such as cotton spinning, enamelware and wigs declined and Cowperthwaite declined to offer assistance, businesses shifted their attention to promising areas such as toy and electronics production, and then finance.

From Economist ● Oct. 5, 2017

I set out an enamelware plate and a tin fork and spoon.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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