tinware
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tinware
Example Sentences
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His ship, 16 days out of New York, was crammed with machines, parts, motors, industrial tools, tinware, reinforcing bars, steel beams, yarn, toys, dental equipment, books, refrigerators full of penicillin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bronson Alcott hit the road with tinware and almanacs instead of going to Yale.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of his customers was Dimestore Pioneer Frank W. Woolworth, to whom Kresge sold a sizable order of tinware.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a traveling drummer in tinware, he saved $8,000 in commissions by the time he reached 30.
From Time Magazine Archive
Swan threw a chair as Mackenzie circled out of his reach with nimble feet, knocking down the stovepipe, dislodging a shower of tinware from the shelves behind.
From The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by Ivory, P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman)
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