Definition of Tinpots

1. tinpot [n] - See also: tinpot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinpots

tinnitis
tinnitus
tinnitus aurium
tinnitus cerebri
tinnituses
tinnock
tinny
tinplate
tinplated
tinplates
tinplating
tinpot
tinpot(a)
tinpot dictator
tinpot dictators
tinpots (current term)
tins
tinsel
tinseled
tinseling
tinselled
tinselling
tinselly
tinselry
tinsels
tinsey
tinseys
tinsful
tinsleyite
tinsmith

Literary usage of Tinpots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Historical Records of New South Wales by Frank Murcott Bladen (1893)
"Whoever could sell or otherways dispose of his chest among the sailors and soldiers were at liberty to do so. Their knives and tinpots, which they converted ..."

2. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1875)
"D° D« D° ilb Pepper 2lb 6 Kettles 6 tinpots W. Fx: pd: 20"" Chocolate Col° Lomax, 10 Tents of Duck, at Least Mr N. Chapman 16 axes to be of the best ..."

3. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1875)
"... D° 6 Kettles 3. o. o D° 6 tinpots o. 10 o W. Fx: pd: 20"" Chocolate 2. 10, o- Col° Lomax, 10 Tents of Duck, at Least 10. 15. o Mr N. Chapman 16 axes i. ..."

4. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1883)
"... is so much discordant squeaking and yelling and Punch-like " rooty-tooing," combined with the charivari of pokers and tongs, tinpots and saucepan-lids. ..."

5. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1883)
"... is so much discordant squeaking and yelling and Punch-like " rooty-tooing," combined with the charivari of pokers and tongs, tinpots and saucepan-lids. ..."

6. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1886)
"... much discordant squeaking and yelling and Punch-like " rooty-tooing," combined with the charivari of pokers and tongs, tinpots and saucepan-lids. ..."

7. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1886)
"... is so much discordant squeaking and yelling and Punch-like " rooty-tooing," combined with the charivari of pokers and tongs, tinpots and saucepan-lids. ..."

8. Egypt in Transition by Sidney Low (1914)
"... careful of their material wants, it has provided a great market, where are rows of booths and shanties, and where camels and donkeys, tinpots and native ..."

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