n. Household items such as utensils, pots, and pans made from tin, generally before the development of metals with other benefits.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Articles made of tinned iron.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Wares of tin; articles, especially vessels for holding liquids, made of tin-plate.
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n. articles of commerce made of tin plate
Word Usage
"'tinware' -- I hope later to convince of the indelicacy of such allusion -- would place you in England on a social level above any we ever occupied, or could hope to."