pewterer

American  

[pyoo-ter-er] / ˈpju tər ər /

noun

1. a maker of pewter utensils or containers.

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Etymology

Origin of pewterer

1300–50; Middle English peuterer < Middle French peutrier. See pewter, -er ²

Example Sentences

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pewterer

This particular bedpan was made by a New York pewterer named Frederick Bassett in the late 18th century.

From Time ● Aug. 26, 2015

He gave some of these manuscripts to George Catcot, a pewterer of Bristol, who communicated them to Mr. Barret, who was writing a History of Bristol.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman

The first of these had for its victim, one Burgum, a pewterer, whose ignorance and vanity exposed him to the lad's designs to obtain money from him by flattery.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Lead, tin, and zinc scarcely concern the artist to-day, though neither plumber nor pewterer has always been restricted to plain utilitarianism.

From Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society by Various

Mr. Burgham, the pewterer, is credulous, and, from some whimsical caprice in his nature, is attached to heraldic honours.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph