tinware

[ tin-wair ]

/ ˈtɪnˌwɛər /

noun

articles made of tin plate.

Nearby words

tintless, tintometer, tintookie, tintoretto, tintype, tinware, tinwork, tinworks, tiny, tiny tim, tio tom

Origin of tinware

First recorded in 1750–60; tin + ware¹

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Examples from the Web for tinware

The earthenware pannikins have disappeared, their place being supplied by tinware.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
Only the tin-wagon takes rags, and they pay in tinware, and that's no good to a boy that wants to go to the circus.
Back Home|Eugene Wood
Tinware and steel knives and forks may be cleaned by scouring with ashes, but only fine ashes should be used on tinware.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools|Ministry of Education Ontario
"That tinware exhibit stepped over from Jenniesburg in thirty minutes flat this morning," says Chet.
Homeburg Memories|George Helgesen Fitch

Berlin began in the eighteenth century the first American manufacture of tinware.
America, Volume 5 (of 6)|Joel Cook

British Dictionary definitions for tinware

tinware

/ (ˈtɪnˌwɛə) /

noun

objects made of tin plate

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