pewter
noun
any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead.
pewters
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pluralof pewter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then one of the customers made her laugh, and she let seven pewters fall, and they be battered outrageous.
From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
In an instant there is uproar: the merry applause of clinking pewters; the stamping of feet; the rattle of sticks.
From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred
"Oh, Carus, they sang it and sang it, hammering their pewters together, and roaring the chorus, and that last dreadful verse: "'Where is the soul of you, John O'Bail, Where is the soul you slew?
From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
One of the houses bore a bush, and I saw two men peering at us through the open window, pewters in hand.
From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Jabez slowly lifted his eyes from the pewters he was washing, and a broad smile crossed his face.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
