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tin-potty

tin-potty adjective: synonym of tin-pot.

Adjective

tin-potty (comparative more tin-potty, superlative most tin-potty)

  1. Synonym of tin-pot.
    • 'Tis strange, when one comes to consider the uses / Of bells as a means of attraction, to find / The church, which a feeling of grandeur induces, / Adopting a tin-potty sound of this kind.1893, Leonard Raven-Hill, Arnold Golsworthy, The Butterfly (volume 1, page 83)
    • St Ethelburga's boasted the most tin-potty bell and the highest ritual of any church in Kingsmouth.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    tin-pot

Synonyms of tin-potty

Forms of tin-potty

comparativemore tin-potty
superlativemost tin-potty

Questions about tin-potty

What does tin-potty mean?
Tin-potty means synonym of tin-pot.
What part of speech is tin-potty?
Tin-potty is an adjective.

Words near tin-potty in the dictionary

  1. tin-pot dictator
  2. tin-pot dictators
  3. tin-pot dictatorship
  4. tin-pot dictatorships
  5. tin-pots
  6. tin-potty
  7. tin-skin
  8. tina
  9. tinabinol
  10. Tinago
  11. Tinago District

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