tin-potn.
/ˈtɪnpɒt/, U.S. /ˈtɪnˌpɑt/ 1. (as two words) A pot made of tin or tin-plate.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > rounded vessel or pot > of specific material
tin-pot1772
1772 T. Simpson Compl. Vermin-killer 21 A pound of arsenick..put into a tin pot or kettle.
2. The pot of molten tin into which the sheet of iron is dipped in the manufacture of tin-plate.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [noun] > plating or coating applied to metal > types of > pot of molten tin
tin-pot1839
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1253 The first rectangle in the range is the tin-pot.
1864 G. L. M. Strauss et al. England's Workshops 78 The first pot, called the tinman's-pan... The second pot, called the tin-pot.
1880 P. W. Flower Hist. Trade in Tin xiii. 170 From the palm-oil bath by means of tongs, the sheets are passed by the tinman..to the tin pot, which is full of molten tin, and here they remain to soak for a period of 20 minutes.
3. Short for tin-pot bell: see sense 4.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > other bells
handbell1494
pull-bell1552
morris bell1560
wire-bell1668
joy-bells1808
sleigh-bell1849
gong1864
gong-bell1864
fairy bells1888
tin-pot1895
1895 E. P. Thompson Veil of Liberty ix. 176 The..church next door began to clink its miserable tin-pot—it had once had a good set of bells, but it had felt it prudent to give these to the nation.
4. attributive. Resembling or suggesting a tin pot in quality or sound; hence contemptuously, without solid worth, of inferior quality, shabby, poor, cheap.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]
evil971
lowc1175
poor?c1225
feeblec1275
vilea1300
petty1372
unthende1377
secondary1386
petitc1390
unmeeta1393
illa1400
commonc1400
coarse1424
indigent1426
unlikelyc1450
lesser1464
gross1474
naughty1526
inferior1531
reprobate?1545
slender1577
unlikely1578
puny1579
under1580
wooden1592
sordid1596
puisne1598
provant1601
subministrant1604
inferious1607
sublunary1624
indifferent1638
undermatched1642
unworthy1646
underly1648
turncoated1650
female1652
undergraduate1655
farandinical1675
baddishc1736
ungenerous1745
understrapping1762
tinnified1794
demi-semi1805
shabby1805
dicky1819
poor white1821
tin-pot1838
deterior1848
substandard1850
crumby1859
cheesy1863
po'1866
not-quite1867
rocky1873
mouldy1876
low-grade1878
sketchy1878
midget1879
junky1880
ullaged1892
abysmal1904
bodgie1905
junk1908
crap1936
ropy1941
bodger1945
two-star1951
tripey1955
manky1958
schlocky1960
cack1978
wank1991
bowf1994
1838 Remarks G. F. Taylor's Factory Strike 5 in Pattie's Mod. Stage II Mr. Taylor, is a patriot in his little tin pot way.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘He plays a tin-pot game’, i.e., a low or shabby one. Billiards.
1875 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 309 Within sound of those tin-pot bells.
1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed iii. 38 To the tin-pot music of a Western waltz the naked Zanzibari girls danced furiously.
1897 Daily News 23 Mar. 6/7 Made a sacrifice to some miserable tin-pot politicians.
1907 Daily News 4 Oct. Some tin-pot comic opera receives praise from the very same critics.
Derivatives
ˈtin-ˌpotter n. Nautical slang see quot. 1867.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tin-potter, a galley skulker, shamming Abraham.
ˈtin-ˈpottery n. tin pots or tin-ware collectively.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > tin > tinware
stannary1668
tin-ware1758
tin-pottery1850
1850 W. P. Scargill Eng. Sketch-bk. 7 Dealing in grocery, drapery, and tin-pottery.
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