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- noun Plural form of
tinwork . - noun A
factory wheretin products are manufactured.
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Examples
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If you want to do some really good research on how a tinworks worked, go to Aberdulais Falls - not far from Cardiff at all, just above Swansea in fact.
Fantasy fiction and fact: research is fun. Glenda Larke 2010
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The tinworks at Lydney are also in the hands of the above-named firm, and comprise three forges, mills, and tin-house, producing 1200 boxes of tin plates a week, with the consumption of from 70 to 80 tons of Cinderford iron.
The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account 1846
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