pewter
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The work, with a handsome design by Mr. Loquasto, features what look like sheets of pewter leaf hanging from clotheslines, beneath and through which eight dancers in dusky-hued unitards come and go.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
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
Instead of pewter, Charrière employs polished stainless steel panels, the largest more than seven feet tall.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Dorian was alarmingly handsome in his pewter tunic.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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