Tain
[tein]
Definition
(n.) Thin tin plate; also, tin foil for mirrors.
Typed by Garrett
Examples
- Tain't not to say here, but it's close by. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tain't only one wot can go up town. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Tain't so handsome that you need keep waving it about, as if you was a tight-rope dancer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Blest if 'tain't all queer, muttered Gurt in bewilderment, and thereupon relapsed into silence. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Tain't a wery good 'un to look at,' said Sam, 'but it's an astonishin' 'un to wear; and afore the brim went, it was a wery handsome tile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tain't in poetry, is it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I've lost some blood, but 'tain't nothin'. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Under the high pressure in the tube the carbonic acid was re tained. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Emily