: articles and especially utensils made of tinplate
Examples of tinware in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebEarly tinware had that air of adaptability; used as scones or lanterns, they could also be hung.—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2023 Many of these lanterns were tinware, which was affordable and could travel well.—Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 10 June 2021 Watch fashion shows and hear period music, or shop for supplies that range from the mid-1700s through the American Western frontier, such as tinware, beads, forged iron and fur.—Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2020 Winners who came to claim their prizes received empty bottles or blackened tinware from the store’s inventory of old junk.—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
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