tintype

[ tin-tahyp ]

noun

1. Photography. ferrotype ( def 2 ).
2. not on your tintype, Slang. absolutely not:

   Ask her again? Not on your tintype!

tintype

/ ˈtɪnˌtaɪp /

noun

1. another name for ferrotype ferrotype

Word History and Origins

Origin of tintype¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; tin + -type

Example Sentences

Julius had learned a lot of things from that mate on the bark, and he tried 'em all on that tintype man.

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So I put on my best outfit and had a tintype struck off under that tent on the square and sent it to him.

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The voice of the tintype was but one of the many callings that had wooed him upon so many roads.

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But Mrs. Waterman declared the tintype to be "as near like them as two peas," and we accepted her verdict.

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It is indeed a tintype of the consumptive heroine, with every group entire, and taken at full length.

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