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Early tinware had that air of adaptability; used as scones or lanterns, they could also be hung.
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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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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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“Tinware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tinware. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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tinware
noun
tin·ware
ˈtin-ˌwa(ə)r 
-ˌwe(ə)r
: objects made of tinplate
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