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In natural English speech, "tinsel" appears in contexts such as: "loved painting "Ban the Bomb" banners. And at Christmas, he'd put tinsel on them. He used to buy and sell old bicycles or prams and paint them up new to look like new. And I used to think you couldn't tell. >> He could paint the line on a cross of a bicycle with a use, you know, a special". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈtɪnsəl/

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loved painting "Ban the Bomb" banners. And at Christmas, he'd put

tinsel on them. He used to buy and sell old bicycles or prams and

paint them up new to look like new. And I used to think you couldn't tell. >> He could paint the line on a cross of a bicycle with a use, you know, a special

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noun

A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.

“Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos.”

Synonyms:baldacchin

noun

A shining fabric used for ornamental purposes.

“I know in that more ſubtil Air of yours Tinſel ſometimes paſſes for Tiſſue, Venice Beads for Pearl, and Demicaſters for Bevers; But I know you have ſo diſcerning a Judgment, that you will not ſuffer your ſelf to be ſo cheated, […]”

adjective

Of fabric: ornamented by being woven with gold or silver thread, or overlaid with thin metal plates; brocaded.

“Liſten and appeare to us / In the name of great Oceanus, / […] / By Leucothea’s lovely hands, / And her ſon that rules the ſtrands, / By Thetis tinſel-ſlipper’d feet; […]”

adjective

Glittering.

“Baſes and tinſel Trappings, gorgious Knights / At Jouſt and Touneament; then marſhal'd Feaſt / Serv'd up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneſhals; […]”

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