tootnague
English
Noun
tootnague (uncountable)
- An alloy of copper, zinc, nickel, and iron; white copper.
- 1914, Berthold Laufer, Chinese Clay Figures - Volume 1, page 286:
- From the lower ends of the plate rows project two gold-plated arms, likewise chased with figures of dragons and encircling a round metal plaque (of white copper or tootnague, with brass rim).
- 1924, Popular Series: Anthropology - Issues 18-20, page 30:
- Water-pipes are also made of pure copper, and there is a great variety of shapes and designs. Those of tootnague are frequently inlaid with ornaments of copper, brass, bone, horn, tortoise-shell, or enamel.
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