Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
tin (the metal).
Etymologies
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tin + -like
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Examples
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A small, simple instrument made of a tinlike material, it was one of the few personal items he had been able to salvage from his quarters on the Enterprise-D.
Addicts Tree Riesener 2010
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The only sound was the muffled, tinlike voice of the 911 operator coming through my phone lying on the floor.
Honeymoon Patterson, James 2005
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A small, simple instrument made of a tinlike material, it was one of the few personal items he had been able to salvage from his quarters on the Enterprise-D.
PLANET X 1998
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Ebenezer lifted his eyes toward the bright, tinlike dishes on the counter.
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