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单词 tin pan
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tin pann.

Brit. /ˈtɪn pan/, /ˌtɪn ˈpan/, U.S. /ˈtɪn ˌpæn/, /ˌtɪn ˈpæn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tin n., pan n.1
Etymology: < tin n. + pan n.1 Compare earlier tin kettle n., tin-pot n.
1. A pan made of tin, also attributive in reference to the noise made by beating such.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > broad, shallow vessel or pan > specific
stander1459
start pan1459
basin-pan1462
fire pan1558
tin pan1806
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic
brazen1596
wiry1609
metallic1821
tin pan1843
brassy1847
panny1869
tinny1877
trebly1970
1806 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 102 1 doz. Tin pans.
1843 Knickerbocker 22 50 With discordant fife and old tin-pans for drums.
1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 169 What we once admired as poetry has..come to be a sound of tin pans.
2. A cheap, ‘tinny’ piano. Cf. tin-panny adj. at Derivatives. U.S. slang.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule by beating pots and pans
tinkle1562
shivaree1805
lowbell1845
rough music1847
ran-tan1866
tin-kettle1881
tin pan1882
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano
grand pianoforte1784
square pianoforte1787
grand piano1795
cottage pianoforte1816
cottage piano1824
table piano1827
table pianoforte1827
tin kettle1827
grand1830
piccolo1831
Broadwood1832
semi-grand1835
pianino1848
cottage1850
square piano1853
street piano1855
upright1860
pianette1862
digitorium1866
Steinway1875
baby grand1879
square1882
tin pan1882
honky-tonk piano1934
minipiano1934
spinet1936
prepared piano1940
ravalement1959
rinky-tink1961
miniature1974
Mozart piano1980
1882 C. Farrar Amateur & Professional Stage Life viii. 156 It was now Linwood's turn, and with a wail, that sounded like ‘Oh, if I only had a decent piano!’ he went out and tackled the old ‘tin-pan’ again.

Compounds

Tin Pan Alley n. colloquial (originally U.S.) the world of the composers and publishers of popular music; also applied loosely to a district where song publishing houses abound, spec. (formerly) in New York in 28th Street and in London around Denmark Street (see Denmark n.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > popular composing or publishing
Tin Pan Alley1908
1908 Hampton's Broadway Mag. Oct. 456/2 Oh it's a world in itself, is Tin Pan Alley. It has its laughter and its tears.
1909 Busy Man's Mag. Jan. 48/1 Down Twenty-eighth Street, which is known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’, a dozen music publishing houses grind out new song ‘hits’ daily.
1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 161 Like everybody else, I think of the Alley as a street. As a matter of fact, Tin Pan Alley exists now only as a tradition.
1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz i. 29 Much knowledge of human nature is to be found in Tin Pan Alley and its English equivalent, Denmark Street, Charing Cross Road.
1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 132 I guess she sees herself in Tin-Pan Alley, her face streaked with tears.
1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) xi. 220 While Tin Pan Alley was squeezing ragtime dry, a few people made a lot of money and a great number of people made a little.
1979 ‘P. O'Connor’ Into Strong City i. xvii. 61 I found Seven Dials... Then Denmark Street. O this is Tin Pan Alley it belongs in the pages of the Melody Maker.

Derivatives

Hence as v. transitive, to serenade in derision by beating tin pans; cf. sense 2.
tin-panny adj. U.S. of a piano: tinny-sounding.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano
upright1795
overstrung1860
trichord1866
overstriking1880
understriking1880
tin-panny1885
rinky-tink1906
1885 Daily News 8 Jan. 6/6 The female portion of the community ‘tin-panning’ the rev. gentleman, a great uproar being caused by the beating of old trays, kettles, &c.
1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri ii. 30 On the platform of one [shop] a small crowd was gathered, and from the interior came shouts of laughter and the sound of a tin-panny piano.
1931 G. O. Russell Speech & Voice iii. xv. 158 The high partials become ‘metallic’ like the tin-panny piano.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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