Definitions for tain

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Spelling: [teyn]
IPA: /teɪn/

Tain is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in tain (aint).

Definitions for tain

noun

  1. a thin tin plate.
  2. tin foil for the backs of mirrors.

Origin of tain

1855-60; French: silvering, foil, aphetic variant of étain tin

Examples for tain

I low ef we-all wuster race hoss roun dis hyah garret, tain long fo yo mall be de dark hoss ter do de beatin.

tain no use ter argufy erbout it; dems de creeturs dat speerets rides whin dey comes back ter dis worl.

Come on out er dis hyah kitchen,—tain no place fur chillun no how.

Are we cer- tain that our foreign creditors will continue patient, and ready to proportion their forbearance to our delays?

Whar you run, dar I'se gwine ter run right atter, so 'tain' no use a-rumpasin'.

Mine′-cap′tain, the overseer of a mine; Mī′ner, one who digs in a mine.

Sum says hits one, sum says hits ernuthr, but all uv em says one thing dey knows fur sartin an sho,—tain no ole buzzard.

"'tain' no use talkin' to dese yer light-haided young uns," he replied.

He then retired to tain (Drme), where he lived for some time as a farmer.

Dat rooster aint no chicken, I tell yer, tain nuthin in dis worl but er hant.

Word Value for tain
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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