tintype

[ tin-tahyp ]

/ ˈtɪnˌtaɪp /

Photography. ferrotype(def 2).

not on your tintype, Slang. absolutely not: Ask her again? Not on your tintype!

Origin of tintype

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; tin + -type

But Mrs. Waterman declared the tintype to be "as near like them as two peas," and we accepted her verdict.

A Boy Trooper With Sheridan |Stanton P. Allen
Have you a photograph or even a tintype of your son, recently taken?

Mark Mason's Victory |Horatio Alger
But there wasn't anything in that recarnification and revulsion to tintype for me.

Options |O. Henry
I've thought I'd put the minister's tintype up on the mantel now, as long as Ma ain't likely to see it.

Master of the Vineyard |Myrtle Reed

Julius had learned a lot of things from that mate on the bark, and he tried 'em all on that tintype man.

Cape Cod Stories |Joseph C. Lincoln

tintype

/ (ˈtɪnˌtaɪp) /