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tinworks

[ tin-wurks ]
/ ˈtɪnˌwɜrks /

noun, plural tin·works.(used with a singular or plural verb)

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 (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

Words nearby tinworks

tintype, tinware, tin whistle, tin-white, tinwork, tinworks, tiny, Tiny Tim, -tion, tio Tom, -tious
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British Dictionary definitions for tinworks

tinworks
/ (ˈtɪnˌwɜːks) /

noun

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