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单词 pontypool
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Pontypooln.

Brit. /ˌpɒntᵻˈpuːl/, U.S. /ˌpɑn(t)iˈpul/
Forms: 1700s Ponty-pool, 1700s 1900s– Pont-y-Pool, 1700s– Pontypool, 1800s Pont y Pool.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Pontypool.
Etymology: < Pontypool (Welsh Pontypŵl), the name of a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, where this type of metalware was originally produced.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating a type of japanned metalware originally manufactured in Pontypool in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > japanned metal
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1764 in W. D. John Pontypool & Usk Japanned Wares (1953) iv. 36 (advt.) Great Variety of Ponty-pool Goods Sold by Henry Johns.
1781 J. Byng Diary 16 June in E. Burton Georgians at Home (1967) iv. 183 I bought a Pontypool snuff box, a beautiful and dear ware.
1801 W. Coxe Hist. Tour Monmouthshire II. xxv. 234 The town..is likewise remarkable for the japan manufacture, known by the name of Pont y Pool ware.
1872 Art Jrnl. 11 24 (caption) The premises in which the Allgoods last manufactured Pontypool ware.
1872 Art Jrnl. 11 24/1 ‘Now,’ said Old Billy in the highest glee, ‘now you shall see what real Pontypool Japan is!’
1928 Daily Express 6 Oct. 11/7 The secret formula for the production of the artistic lacquer work known as ‘Pontypool japan’, which had been missing since 1864, has been found.
1960 House & Garden May 56/4 Red and gold decorated Pontypool tray, £65.
1998 Sci. Amer. Oct. 100/3 1732,..Thomas Allgood, in the Welsh town of Pontypool, came up with a new kind of lacquer, which became known as Pontypool Japan.
2. Objective, as Pontypool maker.
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1953 Ann. Sci. 9 218 Several firms [in the Midlands] that paid special attention to the production of wares of high artistic merit were calling themselves ‘Pontypool makers’ in the early years of the nineteenth century, when the trade was in a flourishing condition.
II. Simple uses.
3. Japanned Pontypool ware.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > japanned metal
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1969 Canad. Antiques Collector Jan. 8/1 This japanned tinware was generally known by the name Pontypool (even when it was later manufactured at Wolverhampton and Birmingham).
1971 H. Huth Lacquer of West viii. 112 A color effect typical of Pontypool but later much imitated was a tortoiseshell ground made by placing irregular pieces of silver foil under brown lacquer, thus giving it the appearance of gold.
1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Mar. t22 Pontipool ware, also known as japanned Pontypool.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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