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pewter

[pyoo-ter] / ˈpju tər /




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The candles retail between $42 to $50 for a pair, and recently, she developed a handsome pewter candle shaver that will be released in the winter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The person who catches the biggest fish goes home with an engraved pewter cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

He remembers two politicians who would eat together and regularly put in the same order: "Two working man's portions of your beef and two pewter mugs of your finest ales."

From BBC Sep. 7, 2024

There was a claw-foot tub with pewter fixtures, a charmingly messy bookshelf window-seat, a kitchen painted a cool green.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

There was a gleam of rubbed wood and burnished pewter.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

So to the Cheshire Cheese they repaired, and drank to a long friendship in foaming pewters of porter.

From Young Lives by Richard Le Gallienne

Seated on the benches were a number of men, women, and girls, all with pewters or glasses before them, and the air was thickening with smoke of pipes.

From Thyrza by George Gissing

"Now, watchman, have at thee!" roared Mount, as the sloppy pewters were brought.

From The Reckoning by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

In return, Tammas, whose forte lay in invective and alliteration, called him behind his back, "A wenomous one!" and "A wiralent wiper!" to the applause of tinkling pewters.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant

Well, I'm sick with envy of the fellow," said Starr, "and I for one daren't trust myself any longer, especially on an empty stomach, among his pewters and blue beasts and brasses.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Karl Anderson




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