Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exhibiting discordant diversity or contrast of tints; inharmoniously tinted or colored, as a painting.
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Examples
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As he slowly walked toward the back of the restaurant, the only sound above a whisper was the usual staff-cook communication, which included F-bombs, and the tinty blare of the old-school beat box radio that was set to some blathering-on talk radio about illegal aliens and crime.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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As he slowly walked toward the back of the restaurant, the only sound above a whisper was the usual staff-cook communication, which included F-bombs, and the tinty blare of the old-school beat box radio that was set to some blathering-on talk radio about illegal aliens and crime.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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As he slowly walked toward the back of the restaurant, the only sound above a whisper was the usual staff-cook communication, which included F-bombs, and the tinty blare of the old-school beat box radio that was set to some blathering-on talk radio about illegal aliens and crime.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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As he slowly walked toward the back of the restaurant, the only sound above a whisper was the usual staff-cook communication, which included F-bombs, and the tinty blare of the old-school beat box radio that was set to some blathering-on talk radio about illegal aliens and crime.
Shooting Star Fredrick McKissack Jr. 2009
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Avatar is so high tech that many scenes took on the veneer of watching a HD LCD/Plasma 1080 TV from the side ... you know that silver tinty thing was going on, but so distinct that you could count the actor's and Avatars 'pores.
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The little round table, the sideboard and the chairs were all painted a soft cream color, and on each chair back, and the sideboard drawers and doors sprays of tinty, tiny flowers were painted.
The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day Katherine Keene Galt
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"Yes, we does," said she; "but you musn't scwatch the Charlie boy;" and she tucked the "tinty folks" under her left arm.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Sophie May 1869
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We don't let tinty folks, like cats, go to heaven. "
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Sophie May 1869
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I wish she'd give _me_ ten cents, for I do need it; I haven't but a tinty, tonty mite. "
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Sophie May 1869
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Such a tinty-tonty mite of money as I've got, -- only sixty-five cents. "
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway Sophie May 1869
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