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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Here he paused a moment listening, and then on a sudden struck the door a couple of blows, which made the pewters ring again.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
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 Alfred Ollivant
Thereupon Sally put on her bonnet, leaving her pewters half scoured, and ran rather than walked to the village.
From The Story of Kennett by Bayard Taylor
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 Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
Pipe-racks of oak were screwed into the wainscoting under long shelves, well stored with pewters, glass tankards, punch-bowls, and tobacco-jars.
From Cardigan by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
