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tinworks

[tin-wurks]
noun, plural tin·works. (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
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Origin of tinworks

1425–75; late Middle English; see tin, works

tinwork

[tin-wurk]
noun
  1. something made of tin.
  2. such things collectively.
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Origin of tinwork

First recorded in 1490–1500; tin + work
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British Dictionary definitions for tinworks

tinworks

noun
  1. (functioning as singular or plural) a place where tin is mined, smelted, or rolled
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tinwork

noun
  1. objects made of tin
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