pewterer

[ pyoo-ter-er ]

noun

1. a maker of pewter utensils or containers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pewterer¹

1300–50; Middle English peuterer < Middle French peutrier. See pewter, -er ²

Example Sentences

This particular bedpan was made by a New York pewterer named Frederick Bassett in the late 18th century.

From Time

Hod, hod, n. a kind of trough borne on the shoulder, for carrying bricks and mortar: a coal-scuttle: a pewterer's blowpipe.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

Tin is the principal ingredient in the composition of pewter, the other ingredients being lead, zinc, bismuth, and copper; each pewterer having his peculiar receipt.

From Project Gutenberg

He would have hang’d a pewterer’s ’prentice once upon a Shrove-Tuesday’s riot, for being of that trade, when the rest were quit.

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An ancient writer quoted by Shaw, after detailing the terrible fates of those who took part against religious houses and churches, says: "Nor shall I relate what happened to one, Pickins, a pewterer, who on July 26, 1653, knoct in pieces the fair bell called Jesus, at Lichfield, he being the chief officer appointed for demolishing that cathedral."

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