pewterer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pewterer
1300–50; Middle English peuterer < Middle French peutrier. See pewter, -er 2
Example Sentences
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This particular bedpan was made by a New York pewterer named Frederick Bassett in the late 18th century.
From Time ● Aug. 26, 2015
The ennobled pewterer rewarded Chatterton with five shillings, and was satirized for this valuation of a noble pedigree in some of Chatterton’s latest verse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
The third son would, like Roger Stephen, be bound to a pewterer or watchmaker, the fourth to a mercer, and so on in a descending scale.
From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Chatterton's earliest idea seems to have been how to deceive; and, were it possible to laugh at youthful fraud, there would be something irresistibly ludicrous in the lad bewildering the old pewterer, Burgum.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various
Tin is the principal ingredient in the composition of pewter, the other ingredients being lead, zinc, bismuth, and copper; each pewterer having his peculiar receipt.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
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