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noun
1.
any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead.
2.
a container or utensil made of such an alloy.
3.
such utensils collectively: a revival of interest in pewter.
4.
adjective
5.
consisting or made of pewter: a pewter mug.
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Pewter
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English pewtre < Middle French peutre < Vulgar Latin *piltrum; perhaps akin to spelter
1325–75; Middle English pewtre < Middle French peutre < Vulgar Latin *piltrum; perhaps akin to spelter
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Example Sentences
- The medallions are made of pewter and are cast rather than struck between dies.
- It includes this distressed painted-wood cabinet with a mahogany top, pewter drawer pulls and a pullout tray.
- The pale gray concrete floor tiles feature pewter floral insets.
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Word Origin & History
pewter
1348 (implied in pewterer), "any of various alloys having tin as their main constituent" (the usual form is one part lead to four parts tin), from O.Fr. peautre (12c.), from V.L. *peltrum "pewter" (cf. Sp. peltre, It. peltro), of uncertain origin.
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