tain
Americannoun
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a thin tin plate.
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tin foil for the backs of mirrors.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tain
1855–60; < French: silvering, foil, aphetic variant of étain tin
Example Sentences
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So at a cer tain point along the way I got over it and just regarded it as a literary problem and an opportunity.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2020
Pfeiffer is pretty and has a cer tain spirit about her, but the vacant Caulfield is surely the least promising newcomer since Pia Zadora.
From Time Magazine Archive
But tain no bad idee at that an' I'm for it.
From Time Magazine Archive
For recent tests of their theory, the Air Force scientists chose Smith Moun tain Airport, near Roanoke, Va., which is often socked in by moist, low-lying mist.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the magic flowed and flowed from the old witch into the new, the way water flows down the mourn tain.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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