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tinware

American  
[tin-wair] / ˈtɪnˌwɛər /

noun

  1. articles made of tin plate.


tinware British  
/ ˈtɪnˌwɛə /

noun

  1. objects made of tin plate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tinware

First recorded in 1750–60; tin + ware 1

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As a traveling drummer in tinware, he saved $8,000 in commissions by the time he reached 30.

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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

Its gaily painted kitchen cabinets, dower chests, desks and tables, Bethlehem painted glass, grotesque Germanic Toby jugs and brightly colored tinware are far more colorful than the prim, functional antiques of New England.

From Time Magazine Archive

He followed her into the little house, which consisted of a sitting room “with bedroom off,” and a kitchen whose floor was sand scoured; the few pieces of tinware could be used as mirrors.

From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Maniates, Belle Kanaris

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