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TIN POT

Traducere în limba română

tin pot I. substantiv

1. (tehn.) baie de cositor (topit, pentru cositorie).

2. oală sau cutie de tablă.

3. (mil., sl.) ceacău, chivără (în cavaleria engleză).

4. (mar. sl.) cuirasat.

tin pot II. adjectiv

(atr. fam.) sărăcios, amărât, de nimic.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When he had gathered a heap he built a fire,—a smouldering, smudgy fire,—and put a tin pot of water on to boil.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

With that he flourished off the contents of his little tin pot, as if he had made the voyage, and had passed a first-class examination before the highest naval authorities.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

His heart is as good as thine or mine but he hath more in his pate than ever you will carry under that tin pot of thine, and as a consequence he can see farther into things, so that they weigh upon him more.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Micawber evidently had his presentiment on the subject too, but he put it in his tin pot and swallowed it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then, we had more tasks until tea, which Mr. Mell drank out of a blue teacup, and I out of a tin pot.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“I have a presentiment,” said Mrs. Micawber, setting down her tin pot, “that it is a member of my family!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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