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

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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

One of these, "The Tournament," described a joust in which figured one Sir Johan de Berghamme, a presumable ancestor of the gratified pewterer.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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

And Chatterton indulged in a fit of laughter, probably remembering how easily the honest pewterer had been gulled by the story of his noble ancestry, for which he had given him a crown piece.

From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall

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

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