tinfoil
[tin-foil]
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noun
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
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Origin of tinfoil
Also called, British, silver paper.
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Examples from the Web for tinfoil
Contemporary Examples of tinfoil
So don your tinfoil hat and learn all about TrapWire, Stratfor, and what you should really be worrying about.
Historical Examples of tinfoil
On opening it he found the heads of the suspected burglars packed in tinfoil and in a good state of preservation.
RemarksBill Nye
The procession, as usual, was enacted by couples, with tinfoil halberds on their shoulders.
The Kingdom of God is Within You, What is ArtLyof N. Tolstoi
Metal plates or sheets of tinfoil serve nicely for this purpose.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His SonJohn Mills
But the cutlass was made of lath, covered with tinfoil, and broke as it fell.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the BahamasStanley R. Matthews
He unrolled from one leg of the prisoner a little cylinder of paper covered with tinfoil and tied firmly in its place.
The Magnificent AdventureEmerson Hough
tinfoil
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