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tintype

tin·type
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tin-tahyp]
    • /ˈtɪnˌtaɪp/
    • /ˈtɪn.ˌtaɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tin-tahyp]
    • /ˈtɪnˌtaɪp/

Definitions of tintype word

  • noun tintype Photography. ferrotype (def 2). 1
  • noun tintype not on your tintype, Slang. absolutely not: Ask her again? Not on your tintype! 1
  • noun tintype ferrotype 0

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Origin of tintype

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1860-65; tin + -type

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Parts of speech for Tintype

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

tintype popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

tintype usage trend in Literature

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