tintype

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/ˈtɪntaɪp/

Definition of tintype

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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.”
“There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]”
“They'll show you tintypes of the kids more often than not, hell, they love em chavalitos.”

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noun

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.”
“There were photographs everywhere: photographs framed and unframed; photographs large and photographs small, the fresh and the faded; tintypes, kodaks, “full lengths,” “cabinets,” groups—every type of photograph; […]”
“They'll show you tintypes of the kids more often than not, hell, they love em chavalitos.”

verb

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From tin + type.

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