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tinworks

American  
[tin-wurks] / ˈtɪnˌwɜrks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

plural

tinworks

  1. an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.

tinworks British  
/ ˈtɪnˌwɜːks /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tinworks

1425–75; late Middle English; see tin, works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)

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