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What does tin-plate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word tin-plate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To coat (something, especially steel sheet) with tin, either by dipping or electroplating.
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The following example will suggest a number of expedients for the preservation of tone of colour in tin-plate decoration.
It has a school of lace-making, foundries, and manufactures of machinery, tin-plate and cotton goods.
The gentleman is dressed in tin-plate and is represented to the knees and of natural size, with the background of a dark sky.
They've announced plans to leave this aged home and rebuild on the opposite side of their old tin-plate town.
Some of the processes being used for detinning the tin-plate scrap include electrolytic and alkaline detinning.
You know that there is hardly a tin-plate in camp, and boards are not to be had.

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