Tintype

//ˈtɪntaɪp// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.

    "She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man."

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce a tintype image of. transitive

Synonyms

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photophotogenicphotographicthree dimensional

Example

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"She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man."

Etymology

From tin + type.

Related phrases

not on your tintypenot on your tintype

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