tinware
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tinware
Example Sentences
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As a traveling drummer in tinware, he saved $8,000 in commissions by the time he reached 30.
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
One of his customers was Dimestore Pioneer Frank W. Woolworth, to whom Kresge sold a sizable order of tinware.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bronson Alcott hit the road with tinware and almanacs instead of going to Yale.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’ve rigged a fish line to the ice-house door, so it’ll rattle some tinware in the cabin if he meddles it again.
From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark
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