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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

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

The team’s primary colors have been red and pewter since 1997.

From Washington Times Oct. 16, 2023

Everything was cloaked in gray: oyster gray, charcoal gray, pewter gray, mold gray, storm gray, and ash.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Every eye was on me; the pewters were lifted, reversed, and emptied.

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

In an instant there is uproar: the merry applause of clinking pewters; the stamping of feet; the rattle of sticks.

From Bob, Son of Battle by Ollivant, Alfred

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

From Young Lives by Le Gallienne, Richard

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

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

Mathieu could well remember that room with its profuse and amusing display of "antiquities," old brocades, old goldsmith's ware and old pottery, and its richly bound books, and its famous modern pewters.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred




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