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

Nora Mathison: Looking back to the tintype portrait thought to be Sarah, described at the very start of the episode – the woman in a cape holding a doctor's bag – there's really no way to know for sure whether it is Sarah.

From Scientific American

The tintype is marked by the museum as “unidentified”, but bearing, quote, “a strong resemblance to Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser.”

From Scientific American

But that tintype stands as a testament, not just to the life of Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser, but to this small cohort of Black women who, in a fortuitous moment in history, became doctors just after the Civil War.

From Scientific American

Three female artists are shown here, Floris Neusüss and Christiane Feser, whose work is more abstract, and Joni Sternbach, who has photographed surfers around the world, using the antiquated tintype method.

From New York Times

Related Tin Man: photography using an old-fashioned tintype process The Instax Mini 11 is as simple to use as it looks.

From The Verge