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
A number of industry observers doubt it and expect some, or all, of the new networks to suffer a cer tain amount of disappointment.
From Time Magazine Archive
But tain no bad idee at that an' I'm for it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cer tain only is the fact that Little Willie.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Your Grace," the knight said, "I bring you Quhuru Mo, cap- tain of the Cinnamon Wind out of Tall Trees Town."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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